Python. Simple script not working. Synthax error!!

jenkelly

I am looking to redefine the average height attribute as either 1 or 2 story depending on their height. Any height less than 4 = 1 storey house and height above 4 = 2 storey house.
Please see screenshot of script. Have not used python much before and any help would be appreciated.
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XanderBakker

Hi Jen,

You're close. What is going wrong in your script is that in the definition of the  function you provide your field name, which contains a dot. What you  should provide is the name (any name) for a variable. In my example I  use "building_height" and "store_height".

As pre-logic script code you can use this (this includes logic for buildings that have more than 2 stories and being able to define the storey height):

def getStories(building_height, store_height):
    return "{0} storey".format(int(building_height / store_height) + 1)

The function is called like this:

getStories( !YourFieldName!, 4)

Please not that in this code 4 height units will return "1 storey", but 4.1 height units, will return "2 storey". I don't know if that is entirely correct...

Kind regards,

Xander