topic Re: error in fieldmapping/merge example? in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/error-in-fieldmapping-merge-example/m-p/458358#M15445 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>You are correct. We will have the online help updated soon.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks for the catch.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 01 May 2012 20:28:25 GMT DanLee 2012-05-01T20:28:25Z error in fieldmapping/merge example? https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/error-in-fieldmapping-merge-example/m-p/458357#M15444 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I've been trying for hours to get the code in "Merge example 2 (stand-alone script)" on the "Merge (Data Management)" help file page(</SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//001700000055000000">http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//001700000055000000</A><SPAN>) to run, and finally realized that there appears to be an error in this ESRI-provided script.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>In the line:&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>fieldMappings.RemoveFieldMap(fieldMappings.FindFieldMapIndex(field.name))</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The words "Remove" and "Find" should not be capitalized.&nbsp; That is, the correct method names are "removeFieldMap" and "findFieldMapIndex", so the correct line is:</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>fieldMappings.removeFieldMap(fieldMappings.findFieldMapIndex(field.name))</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Can someone from ESRI confirm/correct the help file? (or let me know why I'm wrong)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This is for ArcGIS 10. Thanks.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:30:59 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/error-in-fieldmapping-merge-example/m-p/458357#M15444 JamesPrieger 2012-04-28T14:30:59Z Re: error in fieldmapping/merge example? https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/error-in-fieldmapping-merge-example/m-p/458358#M15445 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>You are correct. We will have the online help updated soon.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks for the catch.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 01 May 2012 20:28:25 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/error-in-fieldmapping-merge-example/m-p/458358#M15445 DanLee 2012-05-01T20:28:25Z