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CreateUniqueName method |
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Release 9.3
Last modified January 19, 2010 |
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This topic was updated for 9.3.1.
Returns a unique name
A number is appended to the input name and increased until unique. If no workspace is given, the current workspace is used.
Syntax
object.CreateUniqueName(inputName As String, {workspace} As String)
{} = optional
| Part | Description |
| object | The instantiated geoprocessing object |
| inputName | The base name used to create the unique name |
| workspace | The workspace used as the unique path name |
Examples
import arcgisscripting
gp = arcgisscripting.create(9.3)
# unique_shp will be "c:/temp/xxx0.shp". If xxx0.shp already exists, then
# the number will be incremented until unique.
#
unique_shp = gp.createuniquename("xxx", "c:/temp") + ".shp"
gp.buffer_analysis("c:/transport/roads", unique_shp, "100 feet")
gp.clip_analysis(unique_shp, "c:/boundaries/county.shp", "c:/boundaries/clipped_buffer.shp")