arcpy.ListFields() displaying numerical field names instead of actual field names

Question

When I use the arcpy.ListFields() command, a bunch of random numbers and letters are returned instead of my actual field names. I created my data set in Excel, used XY Table to Point, and exported it into a geodatabase as a feature class. I'm trying to use an UpdateCursor on this dataset but can't as the field names are not right. I'm using ArcGIS Pro.

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Answer 1

They're Field objects, you need to print the Field.name property:

[f.name for f in arcpy.ListFields(your_fc)]

Example from the Help:

Code sample

ListFields example - List field properties.

import arcpy
# For each field in the Hospitals feature class, print
# the field name, type, and length.
fields = arcpy.ListFields("c:/data/municipal.gdb/hospitals")
for field in fields:
 print("{0} is a type of {1} with a length of {2}"
 .format(field.name, field.type, field.length))