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I have successfully populated a field in Arc using the Field Calculator, however I would like to re-create this in python as part of a tool I am making. I was going to do this buy using 'Calculate Field' and copying the python snippet. However I can not get this to work.

This is the successful expression that works in the Field Calculator:

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However, when I try the same in Calculate field I get this error:

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This is how I am running it:

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    This could occur because of Background processing enabled in ArcMap or 64-bit GP installed (apart from other things). Google the error, there are tons of hits. Consider switching to Python and use the 'ND_' + str(!FID! + 1) instead.
    – Alex Tereshenkov
    Commented Feb 29, 2016 at 14:31
  • Original issue not resolved, however python suggestion by Alex Tereshenkov works perfectly fine as an alternative.
    – Alan Carr
    Commented Feb 29, 2016 at 17:15

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This could occur because of Background processing enabled in ArcMap or 64-bit GP installed (apart from other things).

As a quick workaround, you could use the Python parser:

'ND_' + str(!FID! + 1)
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