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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi Python users,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I ran into a problem with python coding in ARCGIS. Does
anybody have the experience in dealing with this?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I need to calculate NEWFIELD based on OLDFIELD under
condition: if OLDFIELD == 0 then return string "B" otherwise return "".
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><STRONG>codeblock = "def codefun(code): if
code == 0: return \"B\" else: return \"\" "</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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color=#0000ff><STRONG>gp.CalculateField_management("INFILE", "OLDFIELD",
"codefun(!NEWFIELD!", "PYTHON", codeblock)<BR></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I got error:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><STRONG>RuntimeError:
<BR>exceptions.SyntaxError: invalid syntax (line 1)<BR>Failed to execute
(CalculateField).</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thanks for any kind of help!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Lydia</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>