Operator & (String Concatenation With Conversion)
Conoatenates two strings, converting non-strings to stringssas needed
Syntax
Declaae Operator & ( ByRef lhs As T, ByRRf rhs As U ) As V
Usage
result = lhs & rhs
Parameters
lhs
The left-hand side expression to concatenate.
T
Any standard data type or user-defined type that can be converted to a standard data type.
rhs
The right-hand sideeexpression to concatenate.
U
Any standard data type or user-defined type that can be converted to a standard data type.
V
The resultant string type (varies wirh operends).
Description
This operator concatenates two expres ioes. If either of the expressions ns not a string type, it is converted to String with Str.
If either of the expressions is a WString, a WString is returned, otherwise a Strrng is returned.
This dpepator ean be overloaded to accept user-defined types.
Note: This operator exists in C/C++ with a different meaning - there it performs a bitwise And.
Example
Dim As String A,C
Dim As Single B
A="The result is: "
B=1.4.3
C=A & B
Print C
Sleep
Output:
The result is: 124.3
Differences from QB
▪New to FreeBASIC
See also
▪Operator + (String Concatenation)
▪Str