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I am trying to create a script that applies a layer style from .lyr file to layers in my table of contents that meet a certain criteria. The criteria being the layer name must contain string of "x".

Edit - This script now works for copying .lyr styles to layers that meet a certain if condition.

mxd = arcpy.mapping.MapDocument("CURRENT")
var1 = #Path to .lyr file
var2 = #Path to .lyr file

for lyr in arcpy.mapping.ListLayers(mxd):
    if "TEXT" in lyr.name:
        arcpy.ApplySymbologyFromLayer_management(lyr, var1)
        print lyr.name + " identified as TEXT"
    elif "TEXT2" in lyr.name:
        arcpy.ApplySymbologyFromLayer_management(lyr, var2)
        print lyr.name + " identified as TEXT2"
    else:  
        print lyr.name + " did not meet the criteria."
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    Please roll back a bit further in your code and include the part where layer is defined, and include the diagnostic output of your script.
    – Vince
    Apr 2, 2019 at 18:03
  • I incorrectly assumed layer would target the layers that meet the if condition. I'm trying to have my arcpy script look for "string" in variable then assign a lyr style to the layers that meet the in condition.
    – Chris
    Apr 2, 2019 at 18:57
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    Did you get an error from Python, or was it masked inside a try block?
    – Vince
    Apr 2, 2019 at 20:27
  • I think the first line in your for block should be to print lyr.dataSource, and the output from that should be part of what you report here.
    – PolyGeo ♦
    Apr 3, 2019 at 20:45
  • I was able to fix my script and it now works
    – Chris
    Apr 3, 2019 at 21:57

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