Field calculator to set attribute to one of two strings based on substring in another field (Pro 2.8)

Question

I'm trying to set the value of the field COORDINATION based on if the field PROJECT_NUM contains the substring 'LC' or not.  The goal is to set it to either one of two strings, 'LOCAL' or 'OE/AAA'.  I wrote this snippet, the syntax validates find, but when I run it does nothing to the COORDINATION field.  Anyone know why?

jcarlson · Accepted Answer

That seems very odd. Do you accidentally have a subset of features selected, and it's only running on a few features? It would be a kind of silly mistake, but one I've made more than once.

EDIT: If you want a workaround, you could use "Select by Attributes" to identify local projects, then use the Attributes pane to bulk-update the selected features. Then simply invert the selection and bulk-update the remaining features with the other value.