CONCATENATE

Syntax

CONCATENATE (string_expression, string_expression, ...)

Description

Joins two or more strings into a single string.

Arguments

string_expression A string of one or more characters. All data is converted to a string before concatenation.

Returns

A single string.

Remarks

You can also use the Concatenate operator, & , within formulas.

Examples

CONCATENATE ("Mary ", "had ","a ","little ", "lamb.")

Returns: Mary had a little lamb.

If LastName (Smythe) and FirstName (Joe) are fields in the source:

(MyEntity.LastName & ", " & MyEntity.FirstName)

Returns: Smythe, Joe

(MyEntity.FirstName, MyEntity.LastName)

Returns: JoeSmythe

(MyEntity.FirstName, " ", MyEntity.LastName)

Returns: Joe Smythe

Related Topics

Text Functions