ArcPy - error with updateRow() using UpdateCursor

Question

I am trying to use the UpdateCursor function to run through each field in each row and to compile a string which is then added to the AbvField. I'm trying to do this in the python window, rather than as a standalone script.

I get the error: Runtime error : Row: Field updateRow does not exist

I have included all the code except for the subs dict, which is simply a dictionary of species names (keys) and abbreviations (values) with which the script creates the string for the AbvField. Everything works fine except for the updating the field.

TheShapefile="Primary_biodiversity_layer"
AbvField = "Sp1"
Rows=arcpy.UpdateCursor(TheShapefile)
Fields = arcpy.ListFields(TheShapefile)
SpList = []
newDict = {}
for TheRow in Rows: 
 RString = ""
 for TheField in Fields:
 TheFieldName=TheField.name
 TheValue=TheRow.getValue(TheFieldName)
 if TheValue == "":
 pass
 elif TheValue not in subs.keys():
 pass
 else:
 RString += subs[TheValue] + ", "
 if TheValue not in newDict.keys():
 newDict[TheValue] = subs[TheValue]
 else:
 pass
 TheRow.setValue(AbvField, RString)
 TheRow.updateRow(TheRow)
 del TheRow

Answer 1

The indentation in your code snippet looks a little astray but I think what is giving you the error you reported is that you have:

TheRow.updateRow(TheRow)

when it should be:

Rows.updateRow(TheRow)