Fnding wildcard string using Field Calculator script code?

Question

I'm trying to find part of a text string in the CLASS_NAME field and return a text string to the Abrv_Name field using the Field Calculator in ArcGIS 10 via a Python parser.

Here is what I have tried among other things with no success.

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This worked within the field calculator.

Answer 1

You want the in method detailed here: http://docs.python.org/reference/expressions.html#in

Swap

if Name=="*Emergent*":

with

if "Emergent" in Name:

Answer 2

If you are specifically looking for wildcard behavior (probably not in this case) you can try the fnmatch module. Example:

from fnmatch import fnmatch

if fnmatch(Name, "*Emergent*"):
    return 'EM'