Attribute Assistant IIF()

JoeBorgione — Wed, 04 Oct 2017 22:04:32 GMT

One of my expressions is an IIF() statement, and I keep getting errors in the log file. For the life of me, I can't see what the problem is. I've gone so far to simplify the expression but it still does not update the field.

The logic:

Update field [STR2_NAME] if another field ( [STR2_NAME_W_SPACES] ) has letters in it. If it does, populate field [STR2_NAME] with the letter A otherwise, populate field [STR2_NAME] with the letter B. As mentioned this is a very simplified version of my original IIF() which had a replace() function in it. I tested the syntax of my replace() function in the original in a field calculator, so it was correct. For the test, [STR2_NAME_W_SPACES] has a value of WHAT THE HECK

From the log file:

Row Info
Row Number 5
TableName: MasterStreetNameFC
FieldName: STR2_NAME
ValueInfo: IIF([STR2_NAME_W_SPACES] like '[A-Z]*', "A", "B")

IIF([STR2_NAME_W_SPACES]<'A',"A","B") #### interesting that it's not <= A LT sign should result in a number.....
ValueMethod: EXPRESSION
On Create: 1
On Change: 1

Checking for Subtype Restriction
Field Name: STR2_NAME was found at index: 4
Trying: EXPRESSION
replace field: STR2_NAME_W_SPACES with a value
Checking to verify there is a field to store the expression
Expression to be eval: IIF("WHAT THE HECK" like '[A-Z]*', "A", "B")
ERROR: evaluating the expression for feature in MasterStreetNameFC with OID of 20335
System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x800A03EA): Syntax error
at MSScriptControl.ScriptControlClass.Eval(String Expression)
at ArcGIS4LocalGovernment.AttributeAssistantEditorExtension.SetDynamicValues(IObject inObject, String mode, List`1& ChangeFeatureList, List`1& NewFeatureList, List`1& ChangeFeatureGeoList) in C:\Projects\GitHub\local-government-desktop-addins\Attribute Assistant Add In\AttributeAssistantAddIn\AttributeAssistantEditorExtension.cs:line 12266
Finished: EXPRESSION

Re: Attribute Assistant IIF()

MikeMillerGIS — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 22:24:02 GMT

Pretty sure vbscript does not support Like.

Try instr.

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/11460378/vbscript-like-operator.html

Re: Attribute Assistant IIF()

JoeBorgione — Sat, 07 Oct 2017 13:54:04 GMT

Thanks Michael- forgot this is vbscript not vba, which according to my searches does. When I get back to work I'll give instr() a try.

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