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New to Python. I'm trying to combine two scripts I found online that use the ListDatasets and ListFields tools. One loops through all the features of a geodatabase and writes the name of the feature dataset, feature class, and the number of features to a .csv file. To that one I would like to add the other that prints to the screen information about the attributes--name, type, and length. I would like all of this printed to a single .csv file like this:

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The ListDatasets Script:

import arcpy

arcpy.env.workspace = "C:\Users\Redfish\Test.sde\Test.DBO.Structures\Test.DBO.HospitalBldg"


file = open("C:\Users\Redfish\Desktop\DatabaseDictionary.csv", "w")
file.write('Dataset, LayerName, NoOfRecords' + '\n')

for fds in arcpy.ListDatasets('*','feature') + ['']:
                for fc in arcpy.ListFeatureClasses('*','',fds):
                                result = int(arcpy.GetCount_management(fc).getOutput(0))
                                file.write(fds + ', ' + fc + ', ' + str(result) + '\n')

file.close()

The ListFields Script

import arcpy

arcpy.env.workspace = "C:\Users\Redfish\Test.sde\Test.DBO.Structures\Test.DBO.HospitalBldg"

fields = arcpy.ListFields("C:\Users\Redfish\Test.sde\Test.DBO.Structures\Test.DBO.HospitalBldg")
for field in fields:
    print("{0}\{1}\{2}"
          .format(field.name, field.type, field.length))
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  • While you can use any indentation scheme in Python, you really ought to use four spaces. This will make your code consistent (and readable on small-screen devices on GIS SE).
    – Vince
    Commented Oct 15, 2019 at 16:44

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In your first script fc is your feature class. After for fc in arcpy.ListFeatureClasses('*','',fds): add your ListFields script.

import arcpy

arcpy.env.workspace = "C:\Users\Redfish\Test.sde\Test.DBO.Structures\Test.DBO.HospitalBldg"


file = open("C:\Users\Redfish\Desktop\DatabaseDictionary.csv", "w")
file.write('Dataset, LayerName, NoOfRecords' + '\n')

for fds in arcpy.ListDatasets('*','feature') + ['']:
                for fc in arcpy.ListFeatureClasses('*','',fds):
                                result = int(arcpy.GetCount_management(fc).getOutput(0))
                                fields = arcpy.ListFields(fc)
                                #start gathering info
                                for field in fields:
                                    #add field info
                                    vals = [fds, fc, result, field.name, field.type, field.length]
                                    #write one line per field
                                    file.write(",".join (map (str, vals)) + "\n")
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  • This is great! Thanks very much. I was pretty close.
    – Redfish
    Commented Oct 15, 2019 at 17:12

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