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On 08/09/2011 08:59, noydb wrote:
>> The documentation mentions "getValue" and "setValue":
>>
>> http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisdesktop/10.0/help/index.html#//002z00...- Hide quoted text -
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>> - Show quoted text -
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> I have tried row.setValue(rankFld) = i for line 14.  Get syntax error
> - cant assign to function call

Of course you can't assign to a function call!

It's:

     row.setValue(rankFld, value)

and:

     value = row.getValue(rankFld)