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Tracy Rijken, Inner Corridor Technologies
Python is a simple scripting language that can be used to automate tasks. Start a Python script from an existing model, or write the whole script from scratch. With a few simple Python statements, an entire string of geoprocessing tasks can run repeatedly on a list of files. A few more lines of code can keep a log file of the results. Add just a couple of mouse clicks and the script can run as a tool in the ArcToolbox – complete with parameters! See how to start a script, call geoprocessing commands and existing models, run it as a tool in the ArcToolbox, and share that tool with others.