adding fields to attribute table

Question

How would I go about making a script that adds multiple fields to an attribute table?

RandyBurton · Answer

See AddField. I usually have the field name, type, alias, and other properties in a list. For multiple fields, I would then have a list of lists to loop through. In a very rough form, something like: fields = [ ['fldName', 'TEXT', '50', 'fldAlias', .... other properties ], ['fldName2', 'TEXT', '50', 'fldAlias2', .... other properties ] ] for fld in fields: arcpy.AddField_management(dbFeature,fld[0],fld[1],"#","#", fld[2],fld[3],nullable,"NON_REQUIRED", ...etc...)‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍