[Qgis-us-user] Capturing two records in a shape file

[Rob Bacigalupi]

Keith:

Thanks again!  Appreciate the help.

Best,

Rob

> On Oct 5, 2020, at 11:32 AM, Keith Jenkins <kgj2 at cornell.edu> wrote:
> 
> Yes, I should have mentioned that you can also use this syntax, with
> as many values as you need:
> 
> "ZTCA5CE10" IN ('zip code 1', 'zip code 2', 'zip code 3')
> 
> Keith
> 
> On Mon, Oct 5, 2020 at 11:13 AM Rob Bacigalupi <rob at missionnorthmi.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Keith:
>> 
>> Thank you!  That worked.  As a follow up, what if I wanted to identify 20 zip codes?  There must be a more efficient way to do that with out going back and forth writing 20 different ‘OR’ statements.
>> 
>> Best,
>> Rob
>> 
>>> On Oct 5, 2020, at 11:05 AM, Keith Jenkins <kgj2 at cornell.edu> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi, Rob.
>>> 
>>> You'll want to phrase it like this:
>>> "ZTCA5CE10" = 'zip code 1' OR "ZTCA5CE10" = 'zip code 2'
>>> 
>>> Also, note that it uses double quotes around the field name, and
>>> single quotes around the actual values.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Keith
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Oct 5, 2020 at 10:58 AM Rob Bacigalupi <rob at missionnorthmi.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi QGIS User Group:
>>>> 
>>>> I am fairly new to QGIS and have what hopefully is a basic question.  I’m using a zip code shape file from the US census for the entire US and would like to create a new layer with just two zip codes.  When I go into properties/control feature symbology/add rule-based layer then go to create the filter, that’s where I run into trouble.  I’ve tried creating an expression string as follows:
>>>> 
>>>> “ZTCA5CE10 = “zip code 1” OR “zip code 2”
>>>> 
>>>> but it only returns the first zip code.
>>>> 
>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> 
>>>> Rob
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