Assigning variables from feature class/shapefile?

Question

I'm new at Python but I want to either assign or reference specific values from a feature class of earthquake data in a Python script to be used in a custom function. I've tried using Feature Class To NumPy Array as the following:

eq = arcpy.da.FeatureClassToNumPyArray('wells_eq', fields)

When I print the result, this is what is returned:

>>> print eq [(41.144, -114.872, 1.6, 1.6, 1.9, 10.0, 21.0, 212.0, 71.0)]

I want to assign a variable, such as strike1 and dip1. I tried

strike1 = eq[5] but got

Traceback (most recent call last): File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module> IndexError: index 5 is out of bounds for axis 0 with size 1

As a check for indexing, I tried

>>> print eq[0] (41.144, -114.872, 1.6, 1.6, 1.9, 10.0, 21.0, 212.0, 71.0)

So my question is, how can either I make individual variables based on the values in the feature class, or reference those values to be used in a custom function? Or should I try a different approach altogether?

Answer 1

Your list has only one item in it which is a tuple.

To see the sixth item in that tuple use:

print eq[0][5]

I think of this as being that I am printing the 6th item in the first item in the list object called eq.

Answer 2

eq = (41.144, -114.872, 1.6, 1.6, 1.9, 10.0, 21.0, 212.0, 71.0)

strike1, dip1, ht1, wt1, ... ,lt1 = eq

Be sure to make your number of variables be almost close to the number of items in 'eq'

print(strike1)

to see 41.144