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Label Expressions - Adding RGB Values to text

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03-05-2019 03:20 PM
DrewCover
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New Contributor III
‎03-05-2019 03:20 PM

So, I get my label expression to color right with text formatting callouts (<CLR></CLR>),

BUT

There's a stupid double quote that winds up on the end of my label, below:

I've tried deleting each quote in my VBscript, no dice.

My VB Script:

[SI_boring_previous.LOCATION_NAME] & vbnewline &"<CLR red = '255' green = '51' blue = '204'>"&"("&[gis_join$.Pb_VALUE]&[gis_join$.F4]&")""</CLR>"

Any thoughts?  bug?

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curtvprice
by MVP Esteemed Contributor
MVP Esteemed Contributor
‎03-05-2019 04:03 PM

This works, adding a & near the end fixed it

[SI_boring_previous.LOCATION_NAME] & vbnewline & "<CLR red = '255' green = '51' blue = '204'>" & "(" &[gis_join$.Pb_VALUE]&[gis_join$.F4]&")" & "</CLR>"‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

When the expressions get this complex, I like clicking the advanced button and using a function so you can use line continuations and see what you are doing:

Function FindLabel ( [SI_boring_previous.LOCATION_NAME],^
    [gis_join$.Pb_VALUE],^
    [gis_join$.F4] )
  FindLabel = [SI_boring_previous.LOCATION_NAME] & vbnewline &^
    "<CLR red = '255' green = '51' blue = '204'>" &^
    "(" & [gis_join$.Pb_VALUE] & [gis_join$.F4] & ")" &^
    "</CLR>"
End Function‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Python is so much easier using its string formatting:

def FindLabel ( [SI_boring_previous.LOCATION_NAME],^
    [gis_join$.Pb_VALUE],^
    [gis_join$.F4]):
  fmt =  "{}\r<CLR red='255' green='51' blue='204'>({}{})</CLR>"
  return fmt.format(
    [SI_boring_previous.LOCATION_NAME],
    [gis_join$.Pb_VALUE],
    [gis_join$.F4])
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DrewCover
by
New Contributor III
‎03-11-2019 11:25 AM

Thanks very much Curtis.  Double thanks for the python code, I'll study that, trying to get away from VB in general

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JeffreyFitzgibbons
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New Contributor II
‎04-16-2021 01:01 PM

Hello All, 

I have a very related question/problem that I am dealing with so thought I would post as a reply in this thread. 

I am also trying to color individual portions of text in a VB function. Basically there are three data configurations in my dataset: 1) an integer value, 2) a null value, and 3) a value with a "<" notation in front of the data (<1.0 for example). What I'd like to do is color the text value if it's either (1) or (3) and leave black if it's (2). So I have the following function: 

Function FindLabel ( [ID], [benz9_20label] )
If InStr([benz9_20label],"<") > 0 Then
FindLabel = [ID] & vbNewline & "<CLR red = '76' green = '230' blue = '0'>" & [benz9_20label] & "</CLR>"
ElseIf IsNull([benz9_20label]) Then
FindLabel = [ID] & vbNewLine & "NS"
Else
FindLabel = [ID] & vbNewLine & "<CLR red = '76' green = '230' blue = '0'>" & Round([benz9_20label],2) & "</CLR>"
End If
End Function

Which results in 

2.PNG for values in category (3). However category (1) works just fine: 

3.PNG (as does (2), not shown). 

If I take out the <CLR> tags from the script as shown: 

Function FindLabel ( [ID], [benz9_20label] )
If InStr([benz9_20label],"<") > 0 Then
FindLabel = [ID] & vbNewline & [benz9_20label]
ElseIf IsNull([benz9_20label]) Then
FindLabel = [ID] & vbNewLine & "NS"
Else
FindLabel = [ID] & vbNewLine & "<CLR red = '76' green = '230' blue = '0'>" & Round([benz9_20label],2) & "</CLR>"
End If
End Function

I get this: 

1.PNG

Does anyone have any idea why the coloring isn't working for values that are "<1.0"?

Thanks.  

 

 

 

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