topic Re: Update Attributes based on values in another shapefile in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/update-attributes-based-on-values-in-another/m-p/292472#M22628 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">Where is the problem?</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Fair question <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 07:56:34 GMT ArkadiuszMatoszka 2013-01-09T07:56:34Z Update Attributes based on values in another shapefile https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/update-attributes-based-on-values-in-another/m-p/292470#M22626 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have one point shapefile (POINTS) and one polygon shapefile (POLYS).&nbsp; i would like to create a routine that goes through each record in the polygon shapefile, selects all the points contained by that polygon, and the populates an attribute of each point (ATTR1), with an attribute value from the polygon dataset (ATTR2) from the polygon that contains those points.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 01:35:33 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/update-attributes-based-on-values-in-another/m-p/292470#M22626 SteveBruce 2013-01-09T01:35:33Z Re: Update Attributes based on values in another shapefile https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/update-attributes-based-on-values-in-another/m-p/292471#M22627 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Where is the problem?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 05:25:54 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/update-attributes-based-on-values-in-another/m-p/292471#M22627 BartłomiejStaroń 2013-01-09T05:25:54Z Re: Update Attributes based on values in another shapefile https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/update-attributes-based-on-values-in-another/m-p/292472#M22628 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">Where is the problem?</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Fair question <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 09 Jan 2013 07:56:34 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/update-attributes-based-on-values-in-another/m-p/292472#M22628 ArkadiuszMatoszka 2013-01-09T07:56:34Z Re: Update Attributes based on values in another shapefile https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/update-attributes-based-on-values-in-another/m-p/292473#M22629 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Sorry, problem is that i have limited python experience and am not really sure where to start. Wondering if there's. some sample code out there that will do this.&nbsp; I've tried the arcgis help but no luck there. Thanks</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:21:28 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/update-attributes-based-on-values-in-another/m-p/292473#M22629 SteveBruce 2013-01-10T09:21:28Z Re: Update Attributes based on values in another shapefile https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/update-attributes-based-on-values-in-another/m-p/292474#M22630 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>That is essentially a spatial join- have you tried that?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:25:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/update-attributes-based-on-values-in-another/m-p/292474#M22630 T__WayneWhitley 2013-01-10T09:25:53Z