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I have written code that selects rows of a buffer shapefile based on that file's intersection with a polygon that represents the extent of a raster. In the photo below, the code selects all of the red dots for this given polygon.

representation of arcgis output for buffers that are selected in a polygon

Using a cursor, I am going through those selected buffers and clipping an associated raster by each buffer. The code below was working when I wrote it three months ago; however, since updating, I am having a problem grabbing the SHAPE@ token as a polygon to clip the raster. I would have been using ArcGIS Pro 2.8.3 when I wrote and ran the code successfully, and I have Version 2.9.1 now.

I believe I've isolated the problem to the row[1] command. Previously, I'm under the impression that I was grabbing a polygon object. Now, however, my output for the lines,

 print('      row: ', row)
 print('      row[1]: ', row[1])

is showing row[1] as two different outputs, a Polygon object that I want and the geoprocessing geometry object that it now gives me:

  row:  ['LCRas_0', <Polygon object at 0x1f56ab62108[0x1f56db53300]>]
  row[1]:  <geoprocessing describe geometry object object at 0x000001F56DB53300>

The clip code that once worked is now giving me a blank output. I've also tried Extract by Mask, but receive an ERROR 999999 when I try to specify that the output extent should be that of the buffer.

Could this be a bug in the versions, or am I missing something simple?

arcpy.env.addOutputsToMap = False
fields = ['RasterName', 'SHAPE@']
j=0 #code was made pieacemeal to work on 3 comps; number changes depending where in the shapefile you're at
buff_file = r"I:\test\test_buffs.shp"

for poly in listp:
    #record lc file that corresponds
    lc_file = poly[:-9].replace(" ", "")
    path = r"I:\test\Classified"
    cor_rast = os.path.join(path, str(lc_file+"_classified.tif"))
    raster_xmin = arcpy.GetRasterProperties_management(cor_rast, "LEFT")
    raster_xmax = arcpy.GetRasterProperties_management(cor_rast, "RIGHT")
    raster_ymin = arcpy.GetRasterProperties_management(cor_rast, "BOTTOM")
    raster_ymax = arcpy.GetRasterProperties_management(cor_rast, "TOP")
    extent = raster_xmin[0] + " " + raster_ymin[0] + " " + raster_xmax[0] + " " + raster_ymax[0]
    print('Starting arcpy.da.UpdateCursor')   
    
    with arcpy.da.UpdateCursor(arcpy.management.SelectLayerByLocation(buff_file, "INTERSECT", poly),fields) as cursor: #select by polygon
        for row in cursor:
            rname = str("LCRas_" + str(j)) #make raster name
            path = r"I:\test\Rasters" #set path where raster output will happen
            rpath = os.path.join(path, str(rname+".tif")) #create name of raster file
            print('   Starting arcpy.Clip_management for ', rpath)
            print('      cor_rast: ', cor_rast)
            print('      raster_xmin: ', raster_xmin)
            print('      raster_xmax: ', raster_xmax)
            print('      raster_ymin: ', raster_ymin)
            print('      raster_ymax: ', raster_ymax)
            print('      extent: ', extent)
            print('      row: ', row)
            print('      row[1]: ', row[1])
            arcpy.Clip_management(cor_rast, extent, rpath, row[1], "0", "ClippingGeometry", 'MAINTAIN_EXTENT') #extract raster from land cover
            print('   Ended arcpy.Clip_management for ', rpath)
            row[0] = rname #set row to equal raster name
            cursor.updateRow(row) #updates row to have raster column 
            j=j+1  
    print('Ended arcpy.da.UpdateCursor')```

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  • Obvious question to ask, you say you have not used this code for 3 months and during that period you have upgraded ArcPro.. Has in anyway your data changed/updated/ moved or been edited? If so consider that it's the dataset causing the issue?
    – Hornbydd
    Jan 21, 2022 at 16:46

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The polygon ended up being a red herring. By chance I realized that the output from the code above was not a blank raster, but instead one at such a large scale that I couldn't see the small 0.6m radius raster. This issue of extent was fixed by changing the extent used in the Clip_management function to the extent of the buffer being used to clip the raster.

env.workspace = r'I:\test\Polygons'
arcpy.env.addOutputsToMap = False
fields = ['RasterName', 'SHAPE@']
j=0 #code was made pieacemeal to work on 3 comps; number changes depending where in the shapefile you're at
buff_file = r"I:\test\test_buffs.shp"

for poly in listp:
    #record lc file that corresponds
    lc_file = poly[:-9].replace(" ", "")
    path = r"I:\test\Classified"
    cor_rast = os.path.join(path, str(lc_file+"_classified.tif"))
    print('Starting arcpy.da.UpdateCursor')   
    
    with arcpy.da.UpdateCursor(arcpy.management.SelectLayerByLocation(buff_file, "INTERSECT", poly),fields) as cursor: #select by polygon
        for row in cursor:
            rname = str("LCRas_" + str(j)) #make raster name
            path = r"I:\test\Rasters" #set path where raster output will happen
            rpath = os.path.join(path, str(rname+".tif")) #create name of raster file
            extent = row[1].extent
            extentBuff = str(extent.XMin) + " " + str(extent.YMin) + " " + str(extent.XMax) + " " + str(extent.YMax)            
            arcpy.management.Clip(cor_rast, extentBuff, rpath, row[1], "15", "ClippingGeometry", "NO_MAINTAIN_EXTENT")
            print('   Ended arcpy.Clip_management for ', rpath)
            row[0] = rname #set row to equal raster name
            cursor.updateRow(row) #updates row to have raster column 
            j=j+1  
    print('Ended arcpy.da.UpdateCursor')

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