Python if then codeblock in field calculator

[KeithAddison1]

I need to write an if then code block for field calculator to see if the value in field A equals 0, and if it is to make the value in field B equal -1.  Else do nothing.  How can I do this?  FIeld A is type float & field B is type interger.

[DanPatterson_Retired]

They can be emulated using this syntax

simple comparison and reclass

  " True condition " if !some_field! == "some_value" else " False condition "

ie .  "Agricultural 10 Acres" if !Zone! == "A-10" else "False"

1  if !A! == 0 else -999

assuming you are calculating in the B field, using python and you can't do nothing...so I put in -999 and you can replace it with integer nothingness

[RyanClose · Accepted solution]

Assuming you are using ArcMap since you mentioned field calculator:
Right click the field you wish to change to -1 and calculate that field.

Switch the radio button to Python

In the code block enter:

def changefield(whatif,okthen):

  if (whatif == 0):

    okthen = -1

  return okthen

Then in the text box below FIELDB  =

Enter: changefield(!FIELDA!, !FIELDB!)

[JoshuaBixby]

Python has conditional expressions, a.k.a., ternary operators, that can be used in situations like this one.  Using a ternary operator eliminates the need for using a code block and defining a function.

-1 if !FieldA! == 0 else !FieldB!

[DanPatterson_Retired]

hmmm my previous thoughts exactly 

[RyanClose]

Excellent. Nice to know!