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ListIndexes

Summary

The ListIndexes function returns a list of the indexes in a feature class, shapefile, or table in a specified dataset.

Syntax

ListIndexes(dataset, {wild_card})

Parameter Explanation Data Type

dataset

The specified feature class or table with the indexes that will be returned.

String

wild_card

Limits the results returned. If a value is not specified, all values are returned. The wildcard is not case sensitive.

Use an asterisk (*) to represent zero or more characters. For example, Te* finds Tennessee and Texas.

String

Return value

Data Type Explanation

Index

A list containing Index objects is returned.

Code sample

ListIndexes example

List index properties.

import arcpy

featureclass = "c:/data/roads.shp"

# Get list of indexes for roads.shp and print properties
indexes = arcpy.ListIndexes(featureclass)
for index in indexes:
    print("Name        : {0}".format(index.name))
    print("IsAscending : {0}".format(index.isAscending))
    print("IsUnique    : {0}".format(index.isUnique))