Joshua,
I used your second snippet, entered into the python window. Below is the pasted snippet, however i can't seem to find an option to "code wrap it" in the geonet editor.
def normalizeField_10(in_table, in_field, out_field):
... cur = arcpy.SearchCursor(in_table)
... row = next(iter(cur))
... minimum = maximum = row.getValue(in_field)
... for row in cur:
... x = row.getValue(in_field)
... if x < minimum:
... minimum = x
... if x > maximum:
... maximum = x
... del cur
...
... cur = arcpy.UpdateCursor(in_table)
... for row in cur:
... row.setValue(out_field, (float(row.getValue(in_field)) - minimum)/(maximum - minimum))
... cur.updateRow(row)
... del cur
This is how I defined the variables and imported the arcpy.
import arcpy
>>> in_table = "C:\Users\damrine\Desktop\DATA\EARTHFIELD\rockymountian\Wattenburg\DATA\Wattenburg_Earthfield_Database.gdb\LSBC_PHID"
>>> in_field = "VAL"
>>> out_field = "NORM"
I am trying to run this on the feature class point table located in the in_table string.I also tried setting the environment to current MXD and data frame but I couldn't get that to work either.
I didn't want to start a debate, it's a personal frustration of mine because I don't have the time to devote to learning Python. It's like learning a new language you have to practice a lot to really use it well. If you can't devote a few hours a week at least you will never learn it. The GUI and model builder are not as powerful but the learning curve is not nearly as steep. I know the problems I'm having stems from the fact that I don't know what a "Cursor" means or how that applies to the map document, It's probably really simple but not knowing this first step makes it difficult to apply these code snippets.
You helped me with the code and now it is my challenge to find out how to set it up in the correct way to run. I'm definitely not discouraging you from helping but you provided the code and just seeing it really helps me to understand how python can be applied to calculate a normalized data set.
Thank You,
Dan
