Error when clicking button 'TEST' with for the rule "ELSE" in rule based renderer

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Author Name: Julien Monticolo (Julien Monticolo)
Original Redmine Issue: 16787
Affected QGIS version: 2.18.10
Redmine category:symbology

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Hi,

For rule based styling or rule base labeling, when the filter is ELSE and the button 'Test' is clicked, an error appear :

:syntax error, unexpected ELSE

BTW the rule works perfectly.

Another thing, the ELSE expression can't be found in the expression builder.

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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Just tried an expression that contains "ELSE" (the function is "CASE", this is why you don't "find" it with the filter) and it works perfectly (the "test" button). Can you post the expression ypu are using? thanks.

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Author Name: Julien Monticolo (Julien Monticolo)

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To reproduce :

1. First rule :

• rule name : 'Rule 1'
• filter : $id <= 10

1. Second rule :

• rule name : 'Rule 2'
• filter : ELSE

And if I click the 'test' button on the second rule, the error appear.

Note that if I create a categorized style and I switch after to the rule based styling, the rule 'ELSE' is automaticly added, and if I test this rule, the same error appear too.

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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Right, I forgot of that scenario.

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Author Name: Harrissou Santanna (@DelazJ)

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Still valid in master 3.3, even with the dedicated "Else" radiobutton: if you enable the Else option, you have no access to the Test button but if you then check the Filter button, the line edit widget is filled with an "ELSE" expression that returns the Filter expression parsing error: syntax error, unexpected ELSE message when you press "Test".

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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