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The Field calculator in ArcGIS-related products can recalculate the values of a single field on all or selected records within a table based on a symbolic expression in a programming language.

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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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Stacking attributes in a text field

I am trying to stack my text in an attribute table using the field calculator, but it does not seem to be working. My field name is: Facilities. My attributes are in this format: Public ...
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ArcPy Field Calculation with special characters

I'm trying to calculate a string field, using "µSv/h". Running this in the manual field calculator works just fine, but I've tried this in the Python window in ArcMap as well as the IDLE, but both ...
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Field Calculator: Add “0” to the front of all values in a column

I have a table for each state with Zip Code values. The 5-digit Zip Codes that start with "0" have been reduced to 4-digits. I cannot figure out how to add a "0" to the front of all the values in the ...
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How to create a label formatted like “ 1,000' ” from a numeric field?

This question builds on a previous question I came across at gis.stackexchange: How to easily edit attribute data using Regular Expressions? Perhaps someone can point me in the right direction? I ...
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python script to calculate and return values based on several conditions

I need to calculate and return the value "continuous" to those records in a polygon feature class with species records aggregated to a UTM grid considering the attributes are species name, grid code, ...
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QGIS Field Calculation convert to ArcGIS

I have a field calculator expression I use in QGIS to generate unique IDs that are sequential, but start with a text string. I now need to perform the same thing in ArcGIS, but I am unsure of how to ...
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How to calculate land cover inside the buffer zones?

In one Shape file I have created 1200 buffer zones Around coordinates. I created a field and calculated the buffer zones area in hectares. Then I clipped different landcover layers to the buffer ...
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Field calculator or update cursor?

I have a feature class in which one field (let's call it "Field_A"), as yet empty, is to be populated by the contents of another field ("Field_B") multiplied by a certain number (I'll call it the ...
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How do I fill in serial letters (AA, AB,AC…,BA,BB,BC…ZZ) to a shape?

(I am using ArcGIS software, ArcMap...) MY PROBLEM I have a shape file containing points. The shape file contains 3 columns named FID, Shape* and Label. In the column I want to fill in AA, AB, ...
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How to fill inn A, B, C …Y, Z, A, B, …Y, Z, A, B, and so on? [duplicate]

as a second part of a problem i am trying to solve. I need help to figure out how to fill in serial letters.. Starting at A.. going to Z and starting over at A again.. I have a tabel with numbers ...
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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 to calculate polygon areas in acres or square miles instead of feet?

I have a layer in State Plane NAD83. When I use "Vector|Geometry Tools|Add/export geometry columns" or Field Calculator they both create the area in feet. What if I want acres or square miles? Thanks ...
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Replace non-English characters in attribute tables

I have a few shapefiles where some of the attributes contain the non-English characters ÅÄÖ. Since some queries doesn't work with these characters (specifically ChangeDetector), I tried to change them ...
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How to get a string from a Double with a fixed number of decimals?

I have a featureclass (in a File Geodatabase), with a particular field of type Double. I want to copy it over to a text field, so that only 3 decimal places are shown. For example: 34.78902345 ...
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Capitalizing The First Letter Of Each Word In Attribute Field

Does anyone know of a way to capitalize the first letter of each word in a field in an attribute table? I am doing this in QGIS. I know of field calculations to change all the words to Lower or ...
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Exporting QGIS attribute table to excel [duplicate]

I have a million rows in the attribute table, with lat/lon columns that I want to export to Excel. Selecting all the rows causes QGIS to crash. Is there another way to do the export? The million rows ...
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QGIS Field Calculator Results Removed When Saving Edits

Mac OSX 10.6.8 QGIS 1.8.0 : Using the field calculator from the attribute table, the $area of each feature is shown nicely in the table until I try to save it, then all the values are replaced by NULL ...
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area values determined with field calculator become null when saving

using field calculator in Qgis 1.8.0 to get the area, it shows just right at first but when I save it, the values become Null. help please
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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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Field calculator error [duplicate]

NOTE: This problem is similar to one that was answered here: Why does Field Calculator return 0 values when decimals are expected? I'm relatively new to python, and am trying to run a simple field ...
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Why does Field Calculator return 0 values when decimals are expected?

I realize I posed this question, and got answers, several days ago (see (Field calculator error)) , but none seem to really be working, and so am posing again. Below are two screenshots that show the ...
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How to set order of operations for Field Calculation in Network Analyst Evaluator Dialogue?

I desire to have a ratio calculated each time I create a new route. To get this ratio, I created and populated a field that multiplied the length of each segment by a designated number from 1-5, where ...
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Incorrect field name resulted in RuntimeError: ERROR 999999 (Also, better code for adding and calculating fields)

This is the bottom half of my code (and it's been edited somewhat to share publicly). The code works perfectly fine when the fieldList has only three fields in it, but when I populate it with all 108 ...
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Replace Null Values Field Calculator [duplicate]

I am using ArcGIS 10 and have a polygon shapefile in which many of the numeric fields are Null. The polygon shapefile in question is produced by joining a polygon shapefile with a point shapefile and ...
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Am I over-complicating adding and then calculating fields? Suggestions for a better way? (Python)

I'm attempting to re-position a question I asked yesterday here. I am starting to think that the way I wrote my code just isn't the best way. Am I overcomplicating things? I know for a fact that ...
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Calculate field result is float with Arc tool, integer with arcpy script

I am trying to calculate a field for some points within a python script using arcpy functions. (This is calculating the percentage visibility from a cumulative viewshed, if that matters.) # Process: ...
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ArcGIS 10 Python split string

I am trying to use Python to split a string field into three new fields at the separator " - ". The field is in the format "a - b - c". So I initially had this in the field calculator for newFieldA: ...
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I need to add one table to another table as strings.

But all of this two table data is numeric. And one of them is float. So I need to add from the float table only integer and merge it with other table. What to write in field calculator?
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Is there a way to concatenate fields in field calculator of QGIS?

Is there a way to concatenate fields in field calculator of QGIS? (e.g. hectares + ' ha')
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Using the Field Calculator in a Domain field

I have a coded domain field with 10 dropdown options. Possible choices include integers and text. I need to change a selection of 250 features (which have differing values) to the same value. This ...
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Delete first two letters from a string field

I'm looking for a field calculator python statement to delete only the first two letters of string entries. For Ex: !Name!.strip([0:2]) I know this syntax is incorrect. Thanks a lot
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How to populate polygon extents to an attribute table in QGIS

Is there a way to calculate the XMIN, YMIN, XMAX and YMAX of a polygon and write it to a field in an attribute table? The Geometry functions available in the Field Calculator are for points. ...
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Mysterious Invalid Syntax in Field Calculation

I'm trying to calculate a field in Model Builder using the Calculate Field tool. I'm using the following code block and expression in the calculation, but am getting an "invalid syntax (, line 1)" ...
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Field Calculator decimal places - how can I limit them?

I've added a new column to an attribute table and performed an operation with the field calculator to populate the new column. The result is a column with a percentage. My problem isn't major but I ...
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How can I easily detect gaps in a polyline using arcmap 10.0 (arcview license)?

I'm making routes by selecting links from a streets layer which I export as a new temporarely layer in arcmap 10. This layer which I call route_temp unfortunately can be very long and contain gaps, ...
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Type mismatch error in Calculate Field tool in ArcGIS 10.1

I'm trying to run a rather lengthy model (built in ArcGIS 9.3.1) in ArcGIS 10.1 and I'm recieving an error on a Calculate Field tool. The error is - Type mismatch: 'iif'. This error is refering to ...
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Arc 10 Python .shp attributes - usings fields to populate other fields - if/then/else statement

Ive been looking for a solution and unable to find one so please help if able: I'm trying to avoid manually inputting Begin and End engineering station values already inputted into a seperate field. ...
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How to add attributes in proportion to intersecting area from another layer

I am new to using QGIS. I have two polygon layers: Voronoi of Access Points Census block maps with population I want to get number of people covered by each Access Point (Assuming uniform ...
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Syntax question for ArcGIS ICalculator object

This is a silly question, but I have this code snippet that I can't figure out: 'Define a calculator for NewArea field pCalculator = New Calculator With pCalculator .Cursor = pCursor ...
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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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Field Calculator Does not Work in Arc10

I'm having a problem, described below, with Field Calculator in ArcGIS 10. I wonder if there is a known fix at this point. I'm updating to 10.1 soon, but this work cannot wait until then. Details: ...
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Add sequence numbering based on attributes in a table [duplicate]

Is there a way to auto populate a sequence of numbers based on another attribute in a table? For example, if field "Name" has a sequence of numbers from 1 to 10, and I want to number all the rows in ...
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Using Python in the Field Calculator, how do I refer to a field in another shapefile?

I want to compare the changes in geometry between two shapefiles (of election districts in NYC. One is from 2001 and the other 2005). I am attempting to calculate a new field in the 2005 shapefile ...
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Using Python to Calculate a field

I am trying to replace values in a single column using an else if statement, but I keep getting an Syntax error in line 2. I'm new to Python so it's probably an easy solution, but I haven't been able ...
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Using field calculator to delete specific contours

I have 3 contour shapefiles with 25m, 50m and 100m equidistance. Now I want to delete in the 25m-shp-file every **50m and **00m contour and in the 50m-shp-file every **00 contour. How can I show them ...
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Auto-calculate field (area or formula)

I'm wondering if anyone has any insight into the potential to auto-calculate the value of a field, either area or distance (ideally) or a formula (based on the values of say 2 other fields, or an ...
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How to insert a quotation mark through the Field Calculator of attribute table of a Shapefile?

I have a shapefile of polylines with information of diameter. But the problem is that i didn't enter the inch sign(") with the values of diameter. What would be the solution that qutation mark would ...
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Do QGIS Field Calculator xat(n) and yat(n) functions work in version 1.7.x?

I'm trying to use the xat(n) and yat(n) in the Field Calculator but can't get them to work. Does anybody have an example how to use them? I need the start and end coordinates for line segments, does ...
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How to Remove return/newline (\n) character from Field using Python and Field Calculator?

I have a geodatabase table with a field that I'm trying to remove return characters (new line). I found this post (How can I remove (chomp) a newline in Python?) of how to do it, however it is not ...

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