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ee.FeatureCollection.getString
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Extract a property from a feature.
| Usage | Returns | FeatureCollection.getString(property) | String |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: object | Element | The feature to extract the property from. |
property | String | The property to extract. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// A FeatureCollection with a string property value.
var fc = ee.FeatureCollection([]).set('string_property', 'Abies magnifica');
// Fetch the string property value as an ee.String object.
print('String property value as ee.String', fc.getString('string_property'));
Python setup
See the
Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using
geemap for interactive development.
import ee
import geemap.core as geemap
Colab (Python)
# A FeatureCollection with a string property value.
fc = ee.FeatureCollection([]).set('string_property', 'Abies magnifica')
# Fetch the string property value as an ee.String object.
print('String property value as ee.String:',
fc.getString('string_property').getInfo())
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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