+ Concatenation

Syntax

Result as C = Operand1 as C + Operand2 as C

Result as C = Operand1 as D + Operand2 as C

Result as C = Operand1 as Y + Operand2 as C

Result as C = Operand1 as N + Operand2 as C

Arguments

Operand1Character Date Shortime Numeric: A character, date, or numeric value.
Operand2: A character value or blank string ("").

Description

This operator concatenates (combines) two character strings into a single new character string. Put another way, The concatenation operator appends Operand2 (a character value) to Operand1. If Operand1 is not a character value, it is automatically converted to a character value before the concatenation operation. In the resulting character string, the entire value stored in the first field is positioned before the value from the second field.

Examples:

dim s as C
dim dd as D
dd = {1/31/03}
s = dd + ""
? s
= "01/31/2003"

dim nn as N
nn = 12
s = nn + ""
? s
= "12"

dim cc as C
cc = "word1"
s = cc + "word2"
? s
= "word1word2"

dim firstname as c = "Beverly        "
dim lastname as c =  "Brine          "
? firstname + lastname
= "Beverly        Brine          "