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How do you calculate a column value based on the value of another column?

I am trying to select data based on whether it starts with certain characters and then update a field. For example if [Asbuilt] starts with "WL" then do something. Here are the two methods I have ...
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Calculate area within Python script in Arcmap

I am trying to calculate the area of a polygon within my Python script. I create a new polygon from merging two together, and I'd like to add the area of the resulting polygon to a field in the output ...
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ArcMap: Calculate Quarter using Date field

I am using ArcMap 10.0 and making a map where I symbolize on annual quarter (i.e. Q1 2013, Q2 2013, and so on by quarter through 2015). If a date field contains this: 01/15/2013, and I wanted to ...
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How to concatenate numbers and add in leading zeros?

I have three text fields populated as follows: 1, 9, 1 that I need to concatenate into a field that looks like 01.09.01. Getting to 1.9.1 is easy but can anyone help out with how to formulate it so ...
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How to use VBA in the field calculator, to copy the last 7 characters to a new field?

Im using ArcMap 9.3. Im looking for a VBA code to use in the field calculator to make a new field of the last 7 digits of a "pin" field. For example. my pin is 00-00-999-999 and i want it to ...
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How to calculate column average in Arcmap using VBA [closed]

I'm really new in gis and programming... So could anyone write VBA code for counting average. For example I have 3 columns which are named as JAN, FEB, MART...Each of them have 50 values in column. ...
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ArcGIS 10 Field Calculator doesn't notice selection/Attribute Table problem?

I just have an annoying problem with the Field Calculator in ArcGIS 10. I selected specific points of a Shapefile I want to calculate, but FC is always calculating all fields. Unfortunately there is ...
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How to auto populate multiple fields in attribute table?

i have Feature Class Buildings, it has many fields like ...
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ArcMap 10.0 Python Field Calculator, Find/Replace Double Quotes

I'm trying to use the Field Calculator (ArcMap (10)) to strip out double quotes in an address field (I didn't put them in there, believe me). I've tried many incantations but am still unable to even ...
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Python Field Calculation [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Iterative position within Field Calculator/Python I need to calculate a field for a data set that is grouped by county. At each change in county I need the column to ...
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How to round a column in attribute table (ArcMap)

I want to use the Field Calculator in ArcMap to round an existing column to two decimals. Currently I have a column that is 6 decimal places long and would like to simply round it down to 2 decimals. ...
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How do I add a hyphen to the Field Calculator to merge 2 columns?

I am trying to build a field calculator expression to merge two columns into one. I am looking for the word that makes it a range. Example: I have 2 columns in elevation, From and To. I want to ...
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Qualifying field names in field calculator

I am trying to set up a quick model that: Takes a point feature layer of development projets (a table in an access database with xy coordinates), Spatially joins polygon neighborhood designations to ...
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Editing tables using SQL in ArcMap

We've recently started working with ArcMap, having used MapInfo previously. I've created a shapefile in ArcCatalog and want to update some columns using SQL. In MapInfo I'd write the following command ...