Extent properties
Release 9.3 Last modified January 19, 2010	Print all topics in : "Properties and Methods"

Note: This topic was updated for 9.3.1.

NOTE: Supported only when the geoprocessor is instantiated using the arcgisscripting module with a version of 9.3. Extent will otherwise return a space delimited string (XMin YMin XMax YMax).
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	Property
	XMin
	YMin
	XMax
	YMax
	MMin
	MMax
	ZMin
	ZMax
	Width
	Height
	Depth
	LowerLeft: Point Object
	LowerRight: Point Object
	UpperLeft: Point Object
	UpperRight: Point Object

Examples

import arcgisscripting
gp = arcgisscripting.create(9.3)

# Open a search cursor on a feature class (polygon or polyline).
#
rows = gp.searchcursor(r"C:\hydro\river_lines.shp")

# Get the first row of the feature class.
#
row = rows.next()

# Get the shape field.
#
shape = row.shape

# Get the extent object.
#
extent = shape.extent

# Print out properties of the extent object.
#
print "XMin: %f" % (extent.xmin)
print "YMin: %f" % (extent.ymin)print "XMax: %f" % (extent.xmax)
print "YMax: %f" % (extent.ymax)

if extent.mmin:
    print "MMin: %f" % (extent.mmin)
    print "MMax: %f" % (extent.mmax)

if extent.zmin:
    print "ZMin: %f" % (extent.zmin)
    print "ZMax: %f" % (extent.zmax)

print "Width: %f" % (extent.width)
print "Height: %f" % (extent.height)

if extent.depth:
    print "Depth: %f" % (extent.depth)

# LowerLeft, LowerRight, UpperLeft, and UpperRight properties return
#   point objects.  Print out the x and y properties for each point object.
#
ll = extent.lowerleft
print "LowerLeft (x;y): %f;%f" % (ll.x, ll.y)

lr = extent.lowerright
print "LowerRight (x;y): %f;%f" % (lr.x, lr.y)

ul = extent.upperleft
print "UpperLeft (x;y): %f;%f" % (ul.x, ul.y)

ur = extent.upperright
print "UpperRight (x;y): %f;%f" % (ur.x, ur.y)

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