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I have one field with Zoning Codes (i.e.: RS) and I want to update another field with the string "Residential Single Family". The new field is currently NULL, I would like to add the full text string of the zoning codes. The field name containing the current code value is: [ZONING] and the new field is [ZONING_CLASS].

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  • What happens if you add [ZONING] in the field calculator for the ZONING_CLASS field? – Aaron♦ Feb 12 '15 at 23:06
  • It will maintain the current code, "RS". I would like the ZONING_CLASS field to say "Residential Single Family". I have 8 values, so if the value in [ZONING] field is RS, the [ZONING_CLASS] field wills ay "Residential Single Family, if the [ZONING] field is IL, the [ZONING_CLASS] field will say "Light Industrial". – Brian McLeer Feb 12 '15 at 23:07
  • You will need a lookup table (Two fields one with "RS", the other with "Residential Single Family") then join the table based on Zoning field and calculate the zoning_class on the joined field. There should be one row in the table for each unique Zoning value (use summary statistics to get the unique values of the Zoning field). – Michael Stimson Feb 12 '15 at 23:14
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From an article below, I answered the question. The final code was:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8990864/calculating-subtypes-and-coded-values-in-arcgis-attribute-table

Pre-Logic Script Code:

Dim ValueToConvert
Dim ConvertedValue

ValueToConvert = [ZONING] 

Select Case ValueToConvert
Case "RS"
  ConvertedValue = "Single Family Residential"
Case "RSN"
  ConvertedValue = "Nodal Single Family Residential"
Case "R1S"
  ConvertedValue = "Retirement Community Single Family Residential"
Case "RM"
  ConvertedValue = "Medium Density Residential"
Case "RMN"
  ConvertedValue = "Nodal Medium Density Residential"
Case "CO"
  ConvertedValue = "Commercial Office"
Case "CG"
  ConvertedValue = "Commercial General"
Case "DDC"
  ConvertedValue = "Downtown Development & Conservation"
Case "MUV"
  ConvertedValue = "Mixed Use Village"
Case "IL"
  ConvertedValue = "Light Industrial"
Case "IP"
  ConvertedValue = "Industrial Park"
Case "P/SP"
  ConvertedValue = "Public and Semi-Public"
End Select

Output =ConvertedValue

ZONING_CLASS = 

Output
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  • That works too (+1 for field calculator). Consider the comment previously for lookup tables - especially pertinent for more than a few 'from' values (like regional ecosystems with hundreds of codes). Note that VB syntax is depreciating, although it works it would better serve in python - but python doesn't have switch case stackoverflow.com/questions/11479816/…. – Michael Stimson Feb 13 '15 at 0:08

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