Getting zero on Using ArcPy GetCount in an Stand Alone Code Against A Feature Class in GDB in ArcGIS Pro

Question

I am able to get the count of rows in Feature Class wing Python Window like

arcpy.GetCount_management("pipe")

which is properly returning the number of rows inside the pipe feature class. but in a stand alone environment by using this code

import arcpy
from arcpy import env
env.workspace = "C:/Users/auser/Documents/ArcGIS/Projects/Electric/Electric.gdb"
count = arcpy.GetCount_management("pipe")
print(count)

I am always getting 0 in result back

I also tried

import arcpy
from arcpy import env
env.workspace = "C:/Users/auser/Documents/ArcGIS/Projects/Electric/Electric.gdb/dataset"
count = arcpy.GetCount_management("pipe")
print(count)

By adding the dataset to the env.workspace and again I am getting the same 0 back! Can you please let me know what I am doing wrong?

• Bera: It should work. Have you tried print(count.getOutput(0))
• user2856: Is pipe in a FeatureDataset?
• Bera: Is dataset a feature dataset
• PolyGeo: Do you get expected count when the feature dataset is named something other than "dataset" (which may be a reserved word)?
• FelixIP: Set environment extent to union of inputs and it will work arcpy.env.extent = "MAXOF". Alternative is doing this in environment settings in ArcCatalog.

Answer 1

You need to access the result of the GetCount tool - https://pro.arcgis.com/en/pro-app/latest/tool-reference/data-management/get-count.htm

count = arcpy.GetCount_management("pipe").getOutput(0))