Summary
Lists the fields in a feature class, shapefile, or table in a specified dataset. The returned list can be limited with search criteria for name and field type and will contain field objects.
Syntax
ListFields (dataset, {wild_card}, {field_type})
Code sample
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))
Generate a list of field names.
import arcpy featureclass = "c:/data/municipal.gdb/hospitals" field_names = [f.name for f in arcpy.ListFields(featureclass)]