Looping script with Zonal Statistics

Question

This is my first time using python in ArcGIS. I have a gdb of about 100 feature classes, and need to get Zonal Statistics for each. I'm using a textbook, and got this so far:

import arcpy
from arcpy import env
env.workspace = 'D:\Documents\Archaeology\Dissertation\Data\GIS\Places_Bounds\Places\Exploded_Bilinear\Argolid.gdb'
fclist = arcpy.ListFeatureClasses ("ID_*")
for fclist: 
    arcpy.sa.ZonalStatistics ("fclist", "place_id", "pelop1arcm34b", "MEAN", "NODATA")

The error is coming from line 6. I am assuming my trouble is defining the input for the zonal statistics -- I want it to refer to the geodatabase set in the workspace, and loop through the whole dataset (about 100 feature classes). For reference: place_id is the unique identifier, and pelop1arcm34b is the DEM.

Answer 1

I corrected your code for you. After each line you find a comment to show you what was corrected. Also reading about about for loops, the range and len functions can help you understand the changes.

import arcpy
#from arcpy import env #this line can be removed
arcpy.env.workspace = r'D:\Documents\Archaeology\Dissertation\Data\GIS\Places_Bounds\Places\Exploded_Bilinear\Argolid.gdb' #called arcpy.env
fclist = arcpy.ListFeatureClasses("ID_*") #removed whitespace
for i in range(len(fclist)): #corrected your loop
    outraster = arcpy.sa.ZonalStatistics (fclist[i], "place_id", "pelop1arcm34b", "MEAN", "NODATA") #corrected reference to the items you are iterating over by retrieving it from the fclist by its index
    outraster.save("outraster" + str(i)) #save the outputraster with the name 'outraster1' 'outraster2' etc.