if/else statements in field calculator

KathleenHoenke

Is there a way to specify in an if/else statement "if fc begins with "PG", return 918? Does a * work for this? see below:

 

# Structure Class
Class = "StructureClass"
expression6 = "Reclass(!DAM_TYPE!)"
codeblock = def Reclass (fc):
    if fc ="PG*":
        return 918
    elif fc = "CB*":
        return 97
    elif fc = "VA*":
        return 98
    elif fc = "MV*":
        return 99
    elif fc = "OT*":
        return 917
    else:
        return None

arcpy.CalculateField_management(fc, Class, expression6, "PYTHON_9.3")

  

JoeBorgione

A couple things about if statements in python:

if something = value:

will never work. 

if something == value:

is the way to do it.

I've never seen a wild card work in python, perhaps someone else can make it work for you. But this ought to get you going:

if fc.startswith('PG'):

I assume you have already defined the variable fc although you don't show it.