I'm pretty sure this is possible and I'm just missing something relatively basic.
I wrote a little function to do something (proprietary) and I want to leverage it within the execute function of a Python Toolbox. For the sake of keeping the code tidy, I'd like to define it within the Tool Class rather than within the Execute Function of the Tool Class. like so:
When I do that however, the Execute function doesn't see it. The only way I can get the execute function to see my function is by defining it within the execute function, like so:
This seems like it should be wholly possible. What I am doing wrong?
I wrote a little function to do something (proprietary) and I want to leverage it within the execute function of a Python Toolbox. For the sake of keeping the code tidy, I'd like to define it within the Tool Class rather than within the Execute Function of the Tool Class. like so:
Code:
def updateMessages(self, parameters):
"""Modify the messages created by internal validation for each tool
parameter. This method is called after internal validation."""
return
def MyFunction(inFeatureLayer):
arcpy.SelectLayerByAttribute_management(inFeatureLayer, "NEW_SELECTION", '"ID" = ' + "'123456'")
SiteList = list(r[0] for r in arcpy.da.SearchCursor(inFeatureLayer, "ID"))
return SiteList
def execute(self, parameters, messages):
"""The source code of the tool"""
inFeatureLayer = arcpy.parameters[0].valueAsText
Result = MyFunction(inFeatureLayer) # Why doesn’t this work???
# Do something with the resultCode:
def updateMessages(self, parameters):
"""Modify the messages created by internal validation for each tool
parameter. This method is called after internal validation."""
return
def execute(self, parameters, messages):
"""The source code of the tool"""
def MyFunction(inFeatureLayer):
arcpy.SelectLayerByAttribute_management(inFeatureLayer, "NEW_SELECTION", '"ID" = ' + "'123456'")
SiteList = list(r[0] for r in arcpy.da.SearchCursor(inFeatureLayer, "ID")
return SiteList
inFeatureLayer = arcpy.parameters[0].valueAsText
Result = MyFunction(inFeatureLayer) # This works, but it seems more elegant to me if I could define it outside of Execute
# Do something with the result