Append (,)

The , (comma) appends an expression to a string.

Syntax

expr , expr
  1. expr can be a character, numeric or date/time expression.

Usage

The comma operator formats and concatenates expressions together.

This operator can only be used in some instructions such as LET, PRINT, MESSAGE, ERROR and DISPLAY instructions.

Use the comma concatenation operator when data needs to be formatted for printing and display. To concatenate elements in a compressed manner, use the || concatenation operator.

Example

MAIN
    DEFINE s STRING
    LET s = "A",-999; DISPLAY s
    LET s = 123, 456; DISPLAY s
    DISPLAY "Today:", TODAY, " and a number: ", 12345.67
END MAIN
Output:
A       -999
        123        456
Today:12/22/2018 and a number:  12345.67