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ragnarheidar/FilenameAsAttribute.py

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A script that uses the arcpy site-package to read the filename of a feature class, create a field called Name and writes the filename as an attribute in the newly created field.
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FilenameAsAttribute.py
"""
A script that uses the arcpy site-package to read the filename
of a feature class, create a field called Name and wirites the
filename as an attribute in the newly create filed.
"""
import arcpy
from arcpy import env
arcpy.env.workspace = "SOME/PATH"
datasets = arcpy.ListFeatureClasses()
for shape in datasets:
field = "Name"
expression = str(shape[:-17])
expression = '"' + expression + '"'
arcpy.AddField_management(shape, field, "TEXT")
arcpy.CalculateField_management(shape, field, expression, "VB")
print "Done with " + shape[:-4]
print "Done"
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