Select by Attribute

[SaidDouai]

This is my first time to try Python script. I want to select a many states with a thousand records if i have to do this manually through Arc Map it will take a long time. Can anyone help me with a simple example of python script on how to run this function.

Thanks everyone.

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[markdenil]

Look at the Select Layer By Attribute (Data Management) tool help.....
pay attention to the part about the where_clause

[AdamCox1]

Just to point out, if you only need to do this a couple of times you could just use the Select by Attribute tool from the Selection menu.