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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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How can I get shape filename in attribute field using field calculator with VBA?

I want to store ths shapefile name in an attribute field using the field calculator and visual, but can't find the way to do it. Can anyone help me, please? Thanks!!!
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How to make Field Value constant size(length) by appending zeros towards the end?

I have been racking my brain, but I can't seem to find a solution to appending my field values in my .dbf to correspond with the values of my feature's attribute table. All I need to do is to append ...
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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 combine If Then with InStr in ArcMap field calculator?

I want to write an if then in field calculator that tests if a field in the attribute table contains one of several versions of another string (the versions vary by capitalization). Trouble is, I ...
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ArcGIS field calculator: VBScript get data from previous row

When using the field calculator, how do I get data from the previous row in VBScript? In Python I'd do something like this: for index, row in enumerate(rows,start=1): row[index-1] += 5 I'm ...