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I found another example that I am trying as well which worked for half of what I am doing so I made need to do 2 seperate scripts to make it work the way I want it to work. # Name: DeleteFeatures_Example2.py # Description: Delete features from a feature class based on an expression # Import system modules import arcpy from arcpy import env # Set environment settings env.workspace = "C:/data/airport.gdb" # Set local variables inFeatures = "parcels" outFeatures = "C:/output/output.gdb/new_parcels" tempLayer = "parcelsLayer" expression = arcpy.AddFieldDelimiters(tempLayer, "PARCEL_ID") + " = 'Cemetery'" try:     # Execute CopyFeatures to make a new copy of the feature class     arcpy.CopyFeatures_management(inFeatures, outFeatures)     # Execute MakeFeatureLayer     arcpy.MakeFeatureLayer_management(outFeatures, tempLayer)     # Execute SelectLayerByAttribute to determine which features to delete     arcpy.SelectLayerByAttribute_management(tempLayer, "NEW_SELECTION",                                             expression)     # Execute GetCount and if some features have been selected, then     #  execute DeleteFeatures to remove the selected features.     if int(arcpy.GetCount_management(tempLayer).getOutput(0)) > 0:         arcpy.DeleteFeatures_management(tempLayer)          except Exception as e:     # If an error occurred, print line number and error message     import traceback     import sys     tb = sys.exc_info()[2] ... View more