topic Code block to get filepath of shapefile in field calculator in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/code-block-to-get-filepath-of-shapefile-in-field/m-p/652720#M50836 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Does anyone know a python codeblock to input the filepath of a shapefile in a field using field calculator?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'll be merging a whole lot of shapefiles later and it would be good to keep track of each record in manner. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Wil</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 10 Mar 2011 04:14:45 GMT wilfredwaters 2011-03-10T04:14:45Z Code block to get filepath of shapefile in field calculator https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/code-block-to-get-filepath-of-shapefile-in-field/m-p/652720#M50836 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Does anyone know a python codeblock to input the filepath of a shapefile in a field using field calculator?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'll be merging a whole lot of shapefiles later and it would be good to keep track of each record in manner. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Wil</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 10 Mar 2011 04:14:45 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/code-block-to-get-filepath-of-shapefile-in-field/m-p/652720#M50836 wilfredwaters 2011-03-10T04:14:45Z Re: Code block to get filepath of shapefile in field calculator https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/code-block-to-get-filepath-of-shapefile-in-field/m-p/652721#M50837 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You should be able to calculate this without using a python codeblock. It should be as simple as putting the path to the shapefile in quotes as follows:</P><P></P><P>r"C:\Path\To\Shapefile.shp"</P><P></P><P>I would think that you'd want to first calculate this on all of your shapefiles prior to running the merge tool. This could be done by doing the following:</P><P></P><P>1. Use the arcpy.da.walk or arcpy.ListFeatureClasses methods to locate the shapefiles on disk.</P><P>2. For each shapefile found check to see if it has the field that will be storing the path, if not add this field.</P><P>3. In the field calculate pass the path to the feature class surrounded by quotes to persist this information in the field.</P><P></P><P>Let me know if this helps.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 16 Sep 2015 22:54:37 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/code-block-to-get-filepath-of-shapefile-in-field/m-p/652721#M50837 FreddieGibson 2015-09-16T22:54:37Z