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I have a data set with a large number of start and end positions. I am trying to generate lines between start and end positions using the Geometry Generator but it does not work. I get no errors when running it, but the lines do not appear. I have found several answers to a similar qestion, e.g. this one, : Creating a line from two points in QGIS I select geometry Type as "LineString. Here is the code I have been trying to use. make_line(make_point("shootlon" ,"shootlat"), make_point("haullon", "haullat"))

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Small screenshot of the data, which is a text ("txt") file.
What could be the problem? Some of the older plugins e.g. "Points2one", do not work in QGIS 3.4.4.

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  • Welcome to GIS.SE. Are your points displayed properly?
    – Erik
    Commented Mar 13, 2019 at 10:45
  • Thanks. Yes, they are displayed well. The strange this is that the layers show the line symbol in front of the variable for few seconds but then disappears.
    – Stefán Áki Ragnarsson
    Commented Mar 13, 2019 at 10:47
  • I don't know what you're doing, but the first two rows of your data work fine with your code. Check the symbology and whether your layer is visible or not.
    – Erik
    Commented Mar 13, 2019 at 10:56
  • Thanks Erik. I also tried with the first two lines and it does not work. In the symbology it says I have created a line but he line is not visible.
    – Stefán Áki Ragnarsson
    Commented Mar 13, 2019 at 11:21
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    Thanks.It works now. I use "quote = FALSE" in the R write table command, i.e." write.table(df, "C://x/x/df.txt", row.names = F, quote = FALSE) and get column headings wtithout quotation marks.
    – Stefán Áki Ragnarsson
    Commented Mar 13, 2019 at 12:13

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This is how my attribute table looks like

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This is the expression to use :

make_line(make_point( "Xstart" , "Ystart" ),make_point( "Xend" , "Yend" ))

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Then press Ok

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