Layer and calculate

Question

I would basically like to add an "Acres" field to the "selected" layer on the TOC regardless to the layers location on the TOC.
I am aware on how to do this with VBA but not with Python. I can't seem to find an arcy equivalent to  pMxDoc.Selectedlayers to start off with.

Any help would be great!
Thanks.

Anonymous User · Answer

Tony,

I am sorry, I completely misunderstood what you meant.  I'm sure that is possible, however I do not know how to do that.  I'm sure someone will see this thread and can post how to do this.  In the meantime you could look at the arcpy.mapping modules information.  You could probably find the arcpy solution in there.

http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#/Introduction_to_arcpy_mapping/00s300000032000000/

Caleb

Tonyalmeida · Answer

This would only work if there was parcels.shp layer correct?
Is there a way to do this to any layer that is selected on the TOC?

Thank you for the reply i really appreciate it!

Anonymous User · Answer

This should work:
arcpy.env.workspace = r"<some/data/location>"

fc =  'Parcels.shp'
flyr = 'Parcels'
field = 'Acres'
expression = '!shape.area@acres!'

try:
    arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(fc, flyr)
    arcpy.AddField_management(flyr, 'Acres', 'DOUBLE')
    arcpy.CalculateField_management(flyr, field, expression, 'PYTHON')

Caleb