$chars=$chars&$char

[kcd-clan]

$char=m
$chars=i
$chars=$chars&$char

I need it to add them togeatger iv tryed a fue ways of it but still havent got it.

[greenmachine]

Surround them in quotes (strings are always in quotes).

[kcd-clan]

i know i dont do that on here..

[SmOke_N]

i know i dont do that on here..

My god, is this "Ask any stupid question day on the forum" And "Respond with even more stupid remarks"?

[greenmachine]

i know i dont do that on here..

Well if you did then it would make assisting you easier (I wouldn't have had to make the post, and you wouldn't have had to explain why your code has blatant errors in it).

Here you go:

$char1 = "P"
$char2 = "o"
$char3 = "s"
$char4 = "t"
$char5 = " "
$char6 = "r"
$char7 = "e"
$char8 = "a"
$char9 = "l"
$char10 = " "
$char11 = "c"
$char12 = "o"
$char13 = "d"
$char14 = "e"
$char15 = " "
$char16 = "n"
$char17 = "e"
$char18 = "x"
$char19 = "t"
$char20 = " "
$char21 = "t"
$char22 = "i"
$char23 = "m"
$char24 = "e"
$char25 = "."
$Message = $char1 & $char2 & $char3 & $char4 & $char5 & $char6 & $char7 & $char8 & $char9 & $char10 & $char11 & $char12 & _ 
$char13 & $char14 & $char15 & $char16 & $char17 & $char18 & $char19 & $char20 & $char21 & $char22 & $char23 & $char24 & $char25
MsgBox (0, "This is a message from greenmachine", $Message)

[herewasplato]

Can you say, "concatenate"?

...but seriously, look that word up in the help file. It could use an example other than:

Some examples:

10 * 20 equals the number 200 (* is used to multiply two numbers)

10 * "20" equals the number 200

"10" * "20" equals the number 200

10 & 20 equals the string "1020" (& is used to join strings)

Edit: I know that FAQ #9 mentions how to join a string and a variable. I know that it should not be a big leap to join two variables via "&". ...but I also know that by the time I needed to do that in a script, I had forgotten the FAQ and was in the habit of searching the help file for key works - silly me, I searched for concatenate.

Don't get me wrong - it is a great help file with many man hours invested in it (...and a lot of online editors [critics]). I'm just pointing out a place in the help file where one or two more lines might help.

$var1 = "help "

$var2 = "file"

MsgBox(0, "Example", $var1 & $var2)

Edited April 3, 2006 by herewasplato