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I am using the following code segment to create a spatial reference.

    spatialReferance = arcpy.SpatialReference()
    spatialReferance.factoryCode = spatialReferanceFactoryCode
    spatialReferance.create()

But it gives the following error:

Runtime error : ERROR 999999: Error executing function. the input string is not a geographic or projected coordinate system

How can I programmatically determine whether a factory code is valid or not?

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  • What is the value of spatialReferanceFactoryCode? – om_henners Oct 10 '12 at 5:09
  • @om_henners: spatialReferanceFactoryCode = 32146 – Emi Oct 10 '12 at 5:17
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See Do ArcGIS SpatialReference object factory codes correspond with EPSG numbers? in particular @mkennedy and @blah238 answers.

As to whether a factory code is valid or not... In Python, you can use the EAFP method (Easier to Ask for Forgiveness than Permission)

try:
    spatialReference.factoryCode = spatialReferenceFactoryCode
    spatialReference.create()
except RuntimeError:
    print 'factoryCode is not valid'
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  • Actually I want to check if the code valid or not. Is there any property that can tell me that? – Emi Oct 10 '12 at 5:25
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    @Emi Try spatialreference.org (it is by the way) – om_henners Oct 10 '12 at 5:35
  • @om_henners: sorry for the misunderstanding. Actually I want to do it programmatically. – Emi Oct 10 '12 at 5:56
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    There is no way to check whether a code is valid without trying to create a coordinate system (spatial reference). – mkennedy Oct 10 '12 at 17:28
  • +1 for EAFP method. That is so python! Try to do it and catch it if it breaks.. there isn't a IsNumeric for strings in python (off topic but related) possibly because you can find out in the same way. – Michael Stimson Aug 31 '15 at 2:25

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