<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514662897751_26770"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514662897751_26769">I found email address of Qgis course instructor with browser. He replied that number value has to be converted to string value via the function code: + to_string("YEAR"), so value can be displayed.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514662897751_26770"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514662897751_27256">I was eventually successful, but had to correct value selected in Labels window by going into Expression Dialog, deleting value name shown there and selecting it again from the menu under Fields and Values. Seems like a bug in the Labels window, to me. Number value will display as a label despite the parser error, but one cannot add another value to the label until the error is corrected.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514662897751_26770"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514662897751_26770"><span>-Dave Noble</span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514662897751_27083"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514662897751_26849" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514662897751_26848"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514662897751_26847"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514662897751_27082"><font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514662897751_27081"> On Thursday, December 28, 2017 1:10 PM, David Noble <noblevideoman@yahoo.com> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514662897751_26846"><div id="yiv7793746125"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514662897751_26845"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514662897751_26844"><div id="yiv7793746125yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514493867751_16092">I goofed up my first email: file over 40KB and wrong Qgis version listed. Second try:</div><div id="yiv7793746125yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514493867751_16092"><br></div><div id="yiv7793746125yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514493867751_16092">I'm a beginner with Qgis 2.14.21 on 64 bit Win 7.</div><div id="yiv7793746125yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514493867751_16093">Using Lynda.org tutorial and their example data, I turned on Label function in Layers Properties and was able to input 2 field values, add a line and center it all.</div><div id="yiv7793746125yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514493867751_16094" dir="ltr">In my own project though, I can only get one field to show, eg the "YEAR".</div><div id="yiv7793746125yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514493867751_16095">There is a parser error that prevents adding another value to my layer label: </div><div id="yiv7793746125yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514493867751_16096"><span style="font-weight:600;" id="yiv7793746125yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514493867751_16097">Parser Error:</span><br id="yiv7793746125yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514493867751_16098">syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting '('<br id="yiv7793746125yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514493867751_16099"><br id="yiv7793746125yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514493867751_16100"><span style="font-weight:600;" id="yiv7793746125yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514493867751_16101">Eval Error:</span><br id="yiv7793746125yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514493867751_16102"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv7793746125yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514493867751_16103">No root node! Parsing failed?</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv7793746125yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514493867751_16104"><br id="yiv7793746125yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514493867751_16105"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv7793746125yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514493867751_16106">Screenshot attached in next email. </div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv7793746125yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514493867751_16107"><br id="yiv7793746125yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514493867751_16108"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv7793746125yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514493867751_16109">Is this a version 2.18 bug? Can anyone advise me?</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv7793746125yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514493867751_16110">Thanks,</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv7793746125yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1514493867751_16111">Dave</div></div></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>