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arcpy.CalculateField_management(myFC,"NEW_FIELD","!OLD_FIELD![0] + !OLD_FIELD![len(!OLD_FIELD!)/2]","PYTHON_9.3","")
"Field calculator expresion might look like:".upper()
>>> text = ['{\fArial|b0|i0|c0|p34;14.50m}', '{\fArial|b0|i0|c0|p34;\L0.0203 ha}', '{\fArial|b0|i0|c0|p34;161° 34}', '{\fArial|b0|i0|c0|p34;93° 10}'] >>> for anno in text: anno.split(';')[1] '14.50m}' '\\L0.0203 ha}' '161\xb0 34}' '93\xb0 10}' >>>
>>> for anno in text: anno.split(';')[1][0:-1] '14.50m' '\\L0.0203 ha' '161\xb0 34' '93\xb0 10' >>>
>>> text = '{\x0cArial|b0|i0|c0|p34;14.50m}' >>> text.split(';')[1][0:-1] '14.50m' >>>