[Qgis-user] Labels with 'text'

[Randal Hale]

Close - I ended up with this and it worked: format_number(acres, 0) || ' 
' || 'Acres'

Thanks - I had no clue that format_number was something I could do.

Randy

On 11/26/2014 01:26 PM, Nicolas Cadieux wrote:
>
> Try using an expression.
>
> acres ||  format_number ( "Acres",0)
>
> Nicolas Cadieux M.Sc.
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> Le 2014-11-26 12:45, "Randal Hale [via OSGeo.org]" <[hidden email] 
> </user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=5175138&i=0>> a écrit :
>
>     Question - I'm building a map for a client. I need to label a polygon
>     with the Acres and the word Acres. The attribute for this polygon
>     would
>     be 184.35679835. In Properties -> Labels -> Formatting I can
>     remove the
>     decimals and I get 184 for a label.
>
>     If I add the word Acres to the label -> acres || '  Acres' I
>     expect to
>     see 184 Acres. Instead I see 184.35679835 Acres.
>
>     Is there something I'm missing when adding text to a label? I think
>     there probably is....but I'm drawing a blank.
>
>     Ubuntu 14.04 QGIS 2.6
>     I haven't had a chance to test in Windows 7 OSGEO Install.
>
>     Randy
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