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Snippets for returning subsets of feature class fields
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snippet-get-fields-restrict.py
fc = "c:/path/geodatabase.gdb/featureclass"
# restrict returned fields by wildcard
fieldList = arcpy.ListFields(fc,"OWN*")
# restrict returned fields by field type
fieldList = arcpy.ListFields(fc,"","String")
# exclude required fields such as Shape and OID
# (https://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2012/08/30/field-mapping-and-python-scripting)
fieldNames = [field.name for field in arcpy.ListFields(fc) if not field.required]
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