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I am having problems with label expression in ArcMap 10.2.1.

I want to show two labels per polygon, but only when there are two labels to show.
Every polygon has at least one label (Veg_Dominant), but some polygons also have a second (Veg_codominant). I want polygons with only one label to show this one label, and polygons with two labels to show both with a '+' sign in between.

This is how I entered it in the label expression:

This is how it looks in the map:

is there a way to only show the '+' sign when there is more than one label to show?

In the Label Expression, switch to "advanced", select VBScript as Parser, and paste this code:

Function FindLabel ( [veg_dominant] , [veg_codominant]  )

if [veg_codominant] <> " " then

  FindLabel = [veg_dominant] + "+" + [veg_codominant]

else

 FindLabel = [veg_dominant]

end if

End Function

This expression means: if veg_codominant has values, then the label will be field1+field2, otherwise if the field is empty, use only field1 as the label

Here is the Python version after selecting advanced in Label Expression:

def FindLabel ( [veg_dominant] , [veg_codominant]):

    if [veg_codominant] != ' ':

        return [veg_dominant] + "+"+ [veg_codominant]

    else:

        return [veg_dominant] 

I think the most pythonic way of doing this is to use filter and str.join built-in methods, which lets you to add as many fields as you like without worrying about putting delimiters in between and checking if the value is False, for example:

def FindLabel ([veg_dominant], [veg_codominant]):

    return  "+".join(filter(None, ([veg_dominant], [veg_codominant])))