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I have a feature class layer that comprise of line elements. For my purpose, I needed the start and end point coordinates of each line, so I added new columns with add field and use calculate geometry in ArcGIS Pro to assign the start/end coordinates to each line (below table show the attributes).

What I want to do is that to write a python code that compare lines’ first and end coordinates. Then return a list of IDs for those that their start/end points are equal, and append all those as nested lists in a main list. For instance, if object IDs 2, 5 and 6 have same start and end point, and if object IDs 8, 12, 15 an 22 have the same condition, the code return a nested list like this: main_list = [[2, 5, 6], [8, 12, 15, 22]]. Finally, I want to edit the var column with this outcome. I want var to be equal to length of each corresponding nested list minus one. For instance for those example above, var values for object IDs 2, 5 and 6 will be 2 (length of nested list minus one), and for IDs 8, 12, 15 and 22 will be 3.

ID x_start y_start x_end y_end var
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2
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fields = ['ID', 'x_start', 'y_start', 'x_end', 'y_end']
MainList   = [[]]
NestedList = []

ID = [row[0] for row in arcpy.da.SearchCursor(Redundancy_one, ('ID'))]
x_start = [row[0] for row in arcpy.da.SearchCursor(Redundancy_one, ('x_start'))]
y_start = [row[0] for row in arcpy.da.SearchCursor(Redundancy_one, ('y_start'))]
x_end = [row[0] for row in arcpy.da.SearchCursor(Redundancy_one, ('x_end'))]
y_end = [row[0] for row in arcpy.da.SearchCursor(Redundancy_one, ('y_end'))]

i = 0
while i<len(ID):
    with arcpy.da.SearchCursor[Redundancy_one, fields] as cursor:
        for row in cursor:
            if x_start[0] == row[1] and y_start[2] == row[2] and x_end[2] == row[3] and y_end == row[4] and ID[0] =! row[0]:
                NestedList.append(ID[0])
                NestedList.append (row[0])
    MainList.append(NestedList)
    NestedList=[]
    i +=1
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You can use pandas and arcpy together

#Create a pandas dataframe from your line layer with the columns ID and the line geometry
import pandas as pd
layer = 'lines_starting_ending_same'
fields = ["ID","SHAPE@"]
df = pd.DataFrame(data=arcpy.da.SearchCursor(layer, fields), columns=["id","line"])

#Calculate start and end coordinates for all lines
df["start_x"]=df.apply(lambda x: x.line.firstPoint.X, axis=1)
df["start_y"]=df.apply(lambda x: x.line.firstPoint.Y, axis=1)
df["end_x"]=df.apply(lambda x: x.line.lastPoint.X, axis=1)
df["end_y"]=df.apply(lambda x: x.line.lastPoint.Y, axis=1)

#Group lines having the same start and end coordinates and list their ids
same_start_and_end = df.groupby(["start_x","start_y","end_x","end_y"])["id"].apply(list).reset_index()

#Count them
same_start_and_end["count"] = same_start_and_end.apply(lambda x: len(x["id"]), axis=1)
same_start_and_end["var"] = same_start_and_end["count"]-1

#Then do whatever you want with the result. For example export as a table, or update the values in your lines table

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To create a field in the original table with the calculated var value. Create a dictionary and use it with da.UpdateCursor:

#Create a dictionary with id as key and var as value
update_dict = dict(zip(same_start_end["id"], same_start_end["var"]))
update_dict

#Add an integer field called var
table = r"C:\GIS\data\testdata\lines_starting_ending_same.shp"
arcpy.management.AddField(in_table=table, field_name="var", field_type="SHORT")
#Update it using the dictionary
with arcpy.da.UpdateCursor(table, ["id","var"]) as cursor:
    for row in cursor:
        if row[0] in update_dict:
            row[1] = update_dict[row[0]]
            cursor.updateRow(row)

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    always enjoy reading your responses as I end up learning something new about python. I don't use pandas but have been trying to understand your answer. I guess this is obvious to a pandas user, but looking at your code you create the XY coordinates of the end points using code df["start_x"]=df.apply.... What I can't get my head around is where is "start_x", you don't seem to have created that before you populate it with data? Is this a behaviour of pandas, if you reference a field name that does not exist in the data frame it is simultaneously created and populated?
    – Hornbydd
    Mar 2 at 16:51
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    :). .Yes that is the standard way of creating a new column. Pandas is great, you can do almost anything with the data. A thing like that, creating a new column is very simple.
    – BERA
    Mar 2 at 17:54
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    Thanks a lot for your help @BERA. I was wondering why the length of initial and final my data frame is different. I had 859 before using the code but 783 after that? I guess there shouldn't be any differences.
    – rez
    Mar 3 at 3:54
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    It should be beacuse of the grouping. In my example the three rows 1,2,3 become one. If you want the same row count you can explode
    – BERA
    Mar 3 at 6:09
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    Yes, see the update
    – BERA
    Mar 10 at 6:35

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