Thank you very much.
I finally figured out how to do it. It was so simple, with a bit of help from outside sources. I just needed to select the python option in calculate, which automatically surrounded the field in !!, and then followed the syntax that I learned.
This was a big frustration for me, so this was a big advancement in my knowledge.
I am a very intense, but basic user, and I have resisted the need to learn Python. GIS used to be more simple. I guess I am a dinosaur… my experience goes all the way back to PC ArcInfo and writing SML’s.
I might add, I was looking for a simple example like:
BLOCKID =
!BLOCKID!.replace("17113","99999").
Again, thank you for steering me in the right direction.
Dr. Linda Tomaselli, GISRDC
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