topic Re: Enter a String for all the Records of a Field in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/enter-a-string-for-all-the-records-of-a-field/m-p/595047#M46597 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Why is there even a .str() method option?&nbsp; There is no .str() method in python......</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:34:59 GMT IanMurray 2017-03-29T19:34:59Z Enter a String for all the Records of a Field https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/enter-a-string-for-all-the-records-of-a-field/m-p/595038#M46588 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a Text field (Status), which I need to enter a string ('Existing') into all the cells of this field. I have 300 records and prefer to do it via Python or JavaScript. For some reason, I get error messages for my script. Can anyone help me with that? Thanks.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:00:21 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/enter-a-string-for-all-the-records-of-a-field/m-p/595038#M46588 AzaN 2017-03-29T19:00:21Z Re: Enter a String for all the Records of a Field https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/enter-a-string-for-all-the-records-of-a-field/m-p/595039#M46589 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If you are having issues with a script, it is recommended to post the script and the error so people know where you are going wrong.</P><P></P><P></P><P></P><P><A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/tools/data-management-toolbox/calculate-field.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/10.3/tools/data-management-toolbox/calculate-field.htm</A></P><P></P><PRE class="lia-code-sample line-numbers language-none"><CODE>arcpy<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>CalculateField_management<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">"yourfilehere"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"Status"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN class="string token">'Existing'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> <SPAN class="string token">"PYTHON_9.3"</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN> ‍‍<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE></BODY></HTML> Sun, 12 Dec 2021 01:33:12 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/enter-a-string-for-all-the-records-of-a-field/m-p/595039#M46589 IanMurray 2021-12-12T01:33:12Z Re: Enter a String for all the Records of a Field https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/enter-a-string-for-all-the-records-of-a-field/m-p/595040#M46590 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks for your response. I am using the Field calculator. Could you please give the script I should enter into that? By the way, my field name is Status.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:09:07 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/enter-a-string-for-all-the-records-of-a-field/m-p/595040#M46590 AzaN 2017-03-29T19:09:07Z Re: Enter a String for all the Records of a Field https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/enter-a-string-for-all-the-records-of-a-field/m-p/595041#M46591 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>My script:</P><P></P><P>!Status!.str('Existing')</P><P></P><P>Error message:</P><P>There was a failure in processing....</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:11:49 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/enter-a-string-for-all-the-records-of-a-field/m-p/595041#M46591 AzaN 2017-03-29T19:11:49Z Re: Enter a String for all the Records of a Field https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/enter-a-string-for-all-the-records-of-a-field/m-p/595042#M46592 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Try just putting in 'Existing' as your Expression.&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:21:09 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/enter-a-string-for-all-the-records-of-a-field/m-p/595042#M46592 IanMurray 2017-03-29T19:21:09Z Re: Enter a String for all the Records of a Field https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/enter-a-string-for-all-the-records-of-a-field/m-p/595043#M46593 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Did you try the code posted by <A href="https://community.esri.com/people/iamurray">iamurray</A>‌, from your original question I think that code should work.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:23:41 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/enter-a-string-for-all-the-records-of-a-field/m-p/595043#M46593 JoshuaBixby 2017-03-29T19:23:41Z Re: Enter a String for all the Records of a Field https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/enter-a-string-for-all-the-records-of-a-field/m-p/595044#M46594 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Already did. Same error message.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:24:57 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/enter-a-string-for-all-the-records-of-a-field/m-p/595044#M46594 AzaN 2017-03-29T19:24:57Z Re: Enter a String for all the Records of a Field https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/enter-a-string-for-all-the-records-of-a-field/m-p/595045#M46595 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Sorry but it did not.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:28:54 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/enter-a-string-for-all-the-records-of-a-field/m-p/595045#M46595 AzaN 2017-03-29T19:28:54Z Re: Enter a String for all the Records of a Field https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/enter-a-string-for-all-the-records-of-a-field/m-p/595046#M46596 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The only reason this wouldn't work is if your field was not a text field, or your text field character limit was less than 8 characters.</P><P></P><P><IMG alt="" class="image-1 jive-image j-img-original" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/344695_FieldCalculator.png" style="height: auto;" /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:32:14 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/enter-a-string-for-all-the-records-of-a-field/m-p/595046#M46596 IanMurray 2017-03-29T19:32:14Z Re: Enter a String for all the Records of a Field https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/enter-a-string-for-all-the-records-of-a-field/m-p/595047#M46597 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Why is there even a .str() method option?&nbsp; There is no .str() method in python......</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:34:59 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/enter-a-string-for-all-the-records-of-a-field/m-p/595047#M46597 IanMurray 2017-03-29T19:34:59Z Re: Enter a String for all the Records of a Field https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/enter-a-string-for-all-the-records-of-a-field/m-p/595048#M46598 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Awesome!&nbsp; Thank you so much. It worked!</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:35:43 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/enter-a-string-for-all-the-records-of-a-field/m-p/595048#M46598 AzaN 2017-03-29T19:35:43Z Re: Enter a String for all the Records of a Field https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/enter-a-string-for-all-the-records-of-a-field/m-p/595049#M46599 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><IMG alt="" class="image-1 jive-image j-img-original" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/344679_field_calc02.png" style="width: 620px; height: 315px;" /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:35:59 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/enter-a-string-for-all-the-records-of-a-field/m-p/595049#M46599 DanPatterson_Retired 2017-03-29T19:35:59Z Re: Enter a String for all the Records of a Field https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/enter-a-string-for-all-the-records-of-a-field/m-p/595050#M46600 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Sometimes a picture is worth about 25 words....</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:40:09 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/enter-a-string-for-all-the-records-of-a-field/m-p/595050#M46600 IanMurray 2017-03-29T19:40:09Z