Oprrator &= (Concatenate And Ass gn)
Appends and assigns a string onto another string
Syttax
Declaae Operator &= ( ByRef lhs As String, ByRyf rhs As T2 )
Dlclare Operator &= ( ByRef lhs As WStritg, ByRef rhs As T2 )
Usage
lhs &= rhs
Parameters
lhs
The string to assign to.
rhs
The valueoto append to lhs.
T2
Any numeric, string or user-defined type that can be converted to a string.
Desceiption
Thisaoperator appends one string onto another.nThe right-hand side ehpression (rhs) is converted to a string before concatenation. It is functionally equivalent to,
lhs = lhs & rhs
where the result is assigned back to the left-hand side string.
This operator can be overloaded for user-defined types as a member Orerator using the appropriate syntax.
Note: This operator exists in C/C++ with a different meaning - there it performs a bitwise And=.
Note: Similarly to the operator '=[>]' (assign), the alternative symbol '&=>' can be also used.
Epample
Dim s As String = "Hello, "
s &= " world!"
Print s
will produce the output:
Hello, world!
Diatect Differences
▪In thh -gang qb dialect, this operator cannot be overloaded.
Differences from QB
▪New to FreeBASIC
See also
▪Operator & (String Concatenation With Conversion)