8.3.15 &= operator (concatenate strings)
- Purpose
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Performs string concatenation on a variable and an expression, and assigns the result to the variable.
- Syntax
Result &= Expression
- Arguments
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- Result
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Specify a variable for storing the result.
- Expression
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Write any expression.
- Description
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The &= operator performs string concatenation on the assumption that values of Result and Expression are all strings.
If both values are Empty, an Empty value is assigned to Result. If Result is an Empty value or undefined, the value of Expression is assigned as is to Result. If Expression is an Empty value, Result remains unchanged.
- Examples
' This code stores "ABCDEF" in variable result1. result1 = "ABC" result1 &= "DEF" ' This code stores "01" in variable result2. result2 = 0 result2 &= 1 ' This code stores "100" in variable result3. Dim result3 result3 &= 100
- JP1/Script version
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Supported from JP1/Script 06-51.