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GetParameterAsText method

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Last modified January 19, 2010
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Note: This topic was updated for 9.3.1.

Selects the specified parameter, by its index position, from the list of parameters. This method returns a string. To use the parameter as an object, see GetParameter.

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Syntax


object.GetParameterAsText(index As Long) As String

Part Description
object The instantiated geoprocessing object
index Numeric position of the desired parameter from the list of selected parameters


Examples


This script demonstrates how to use the GetParameterAsText method to get input parameter values:

import arcgisscripting
gp = arcgisscripting.create(9.3)

# Get the list of feature classes to be copied to the output workspace.
#
in_feature_classes = gp.GetParameterAsText(0)

# Get the output workspace.
#
out_folder = gp.GetParameterAsText(1)


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