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How can I build a feature request expression using variable inside expression? For example
values = [1, 2, 3]
for j in range( y ):
it = vl.getFeatures( QgsFeatureRequest().setFilterExpression ( u'"field_name" = values[ j ]' ) )
or (I have also tried sthing like this)
it = vl.getFeatures( QgsFeatureRequest().setFilterExpression ( u'"field_name" = values[%d]' % j) )
Where could someone study how to build these kind of expressions?
As starting point for studying I would use the QGIS Cookbook. For further reading with additional examples look at the books Joseph suggests in his answer.
As for your specific problem I would suggest string substitution like
it = vl.getFeatures( QgsFeatureRequest().setFilterExpression ( u'"field_name" = {0}'.format(values[j])) )
There's a number of available books which help teach Python for QGIS. To name a few:
"The Pyqgis Programmer's Guide" by Gary Sherman
"QGIS Python Programming Cookbook" by Joel Lawhead
"Learning Geospatial Analysis with Python" by Joel Lawhead
"Mastering QGIS" by Kurt Menke, Luigi Pirelli, Richard Smith Jr & John Van Hoesen
Hope this helps!
