UpdateCursor: Invalid input value for setting

Question

I have a field called "CODE_12" in which the values are strings (3 characters). I have another empty field called "AE" and that I want to fill depending on the value on the "CODE_12" field. For example, when the CODE_12 field is equal to 112 I want the AE field to have a value of 396. I have tried using the UpdateCursor but I'm getting the error "Invalid input value for setting". Any idea of what I´m doing wrong? I attache my code

rows = arcpy.UpdateCursor(RainLandUnion) # This is my feature layer
for row in rows:
         if row.getValue("CODE_12") == "112":
            row.setValue("AE", 396.71)
         elif row.getValue("CODE_12") == "221":
                 row.setValue("AE",435.920)
         elif row.getValue("CODE_12") == "321":
             row.setValue=("AE", 438.2)
         elif row.getValue("CODE_12") == "242":
             row.setValue= ("AE",425.45)
         elif row.getValue("CODE_12") == "243":
             row.setValue= ("AE",425.45)
         elif row.getValue("CODE_12") == "324":
             row.setValue=("AE",441.64)
         elif row.getValue("CODE_12") == "313":
             row.setValue= ("AE",441.64)
         rows.updateRow(row)

The full error message is :

Message File Name Line Position Traceback
C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Nuenna\nuenna shapes\model_sample\ae_calc.py 51
setattr C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.3\ArcPy\arcpy\arcobjects_base.py 35
exceptions.ValueError: Row: Invalid input value for setting

Answer 1

You have some = in the wrong place in some of your setValue lines - row.setValue("AE",435.920) in some lines, and row.setValue=("AE", 438.2) in others.

Also, try using a dictionary of update values rather than if/elif

Using arcpy.UpdateCursor():

updateValDict = {"112": 396.71, "221": 435.920, "321": 438.2, "242": 425.45, "243": 425.45, "324": 441.64, "313": 441.64}
rows = arcpy.UpdateCursor(RainLandUnion) # This is my feature layer
for row in rows:
    c12 = row.getValue("CODE_12")
    if row.getValue("CODE_12") in updateValDict:
        row.setValue("AE", updateValDict[c12])
    rows.updateRow(row)

Using arcpy.da.UpdateCursor():

updateValDict = {"112": 396.71, "221": 435.920, "321": 438.2, "242": 425.45, "243": 425.45, "324": 441.64, "313": 441.64}
fields = ["CODE_12", "AE"]
with arcpy.da.UpdateCursor(RainLandUnion, fields) as cursor:
    for row in cursor:
        if row[0] in updateValDict:
            row[1] = updateValDict[row[0]]
            cursor.updateRow(row)