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l1_name = []
with arcpy.da.SearchCursor(r"layer1", ("OID@", "Name")) as cursor:  
	for row in cursor:  
		l1_name.append(row[1])

l2_name = []
with arcpy.da.SearchCursor(r"layer2", ("OID@", "Name")) as cursor2:  
	for row in cursor2:  
		l2_name.append(row[1])

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# puts all file paths in filelist
# puts all folders in dirlist

filelist = []
dirlist = []
for (dirpath,dirnames,filenames) in os.walk('my\path\to\walk'):
		filelist += [os.path.join(dirpath,file) for file in filenames]
		dirlist += dirnames

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#
# fm_input is a field mapping tuple
# fm_input = (("target1","source1"),("target2","source2"),("target3","source3"))


def build_field_map(target, source, fm_input):

        field_mapps = arcpy.FieldMappings()
        field_mapps.addTable(target)

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def expression_from_cal(infile):
    with open(infile, "rb") as data:
        text = data.read().decode('utf-16-le')
    print_msg(text)
    return text.strip()

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def expression_code_block_from_cal(infile):
    with open(infile, "rb") as data:
        text = data.read().decode('utf-16-le')

    

    lines = text.splitlines()
    

    # trim the trailing spaces

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#Source: http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/54804/fastest-methods-for-modifying-attribute-tables-with-python
# fc - is the full path name to table or feature class

def make_attribute_dict(fc, key_field, attr_list=['*']):
    attdict = {}
    fc_field_objects = arcpy.ListFields(fc)
    fc_fields = [field.name for field in fc_field_objects if field.type != 'Geometry']
    if attr_list == ['*']:
        valid_fields = fc_fields
    else:

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=IF(ISERROR(FIND("\",A2)),A2, RIGHT(A2,LEN(A2) - FIND("|",SUBSTITUTE(A2,"\","|",LEN(A2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A2,"\",""))))))