Field calculation based on the field name by using arcpy

Question

The shapefile table is like this.

I want to do the sum of cells when their field names meet the condition. In this case, I want to sum the cells to the TotalCT field if the field name contains the string "CT". The manual way is to do it like this.

But this is only a very small example. I wonder how can I realize it with Python or Arcpy code?

Answer 1

You seem to know how to do this in the ArcGIS Field Calculator.

Instead, do exactly the same thing using the Calculate Field tool, taking care to set your parser to Python.

Once you have run the tool you can use the Geoprocessing | Results window to locate and right-click on the tool to Copy As Python Snippet.