Add var to string

[t3mp3st]

Hi,

I'm pretty new to Autoit and I have a really simple question.

I have 2 Vars, $var1 and $var2

$var1 = "C:\test\" (used "@WorkingDir")

$var2 = "test.ini"

How can I add $var2 after $var1 ?

I want to have the full path =)

The way I was used to make it doesn't work for AutoIt.

Could you help me ?

Thanks in advance !

Edited June 29, 2009 by t3mp3st

[Mat]

The "&" operator joins two strings. e.g. "one" & 10 (equals "one10")

Alternatively you can use the &= assignment, e.g. $var = "one", and then $var &= 10 ($var now equals "one10")

You'd use in this case:

$var1 &= $var2

See the helpfile under language reference - operators.

MDiesel

[t3mp3st]

Thank you very much,

I couldn't find it in the help file nor in this forum,

Thanks !

[GEOSoft]

This line bothers me a bit depending on your intent

$var1 = "C:\test\" (used "@WorkingDir")

at least the @WorkingDir part does.

You must remember that folder Macros do not contain trailing back slashes and they are not quoted. So if you really meant to use @WorkingDir instead of "C:\Test\" then it should be

$var1 = @WorkingDir & "\"

EDIT. Damn! Read the post post by @mdeisel. Closing brace removed

Edited June 29, 2009 by GEOSoft

[Mat]

This line bothers me a bit depending on your intent

...

$var1 = @WorkingDir & "\")

I'm not sure who to be more worried about, he who actually posts working code (despite explanation being wrong), or he who puts a random closing bracket in the code...

Onto a marginally more serious note, correct use of macros is very important, so you'd better fix it before you come to us saying it doesn't work.

MDiesel

Edited June 29, 2009 by mdiesel

[GEOSoft]

I'm not sure who to be more worried about, he who actually posts working code (despite explanation being wrong), or he who puts a random closing bracket in the code...

Onto a marginally more serious note, correct use of macros is very important, so you'd better fix it before you come to us saying it doesn't work.

MDiesel

Thats what I get for only partially editing the paste of someone elses code. I'm ordering a new brain soon.

[Mat]

Thats what I get for only partially editing the paste of someone elses code. I'm ordering a new brain soon.

Hopefully won't be worried for much longer then I here theyre quite cheap now!

$var1 = @WorkingDir & "\Test.ini"

MsgBox (0, $var1, FileRead ($var1))

Make sure you set @WorkingDir or something, as it is not constant.

MDiesel