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Concat Tag

The Concat tag appends or prepends a value to a string stored in a variable.

Usage

Use the Concat tag to combine string variables or simple string texts. The resulting (concatenated) string is stored in the original variable specified.

Syntax

<TAG:CONCAT variable= "VARIABLE NAME" prepend="PREPEND" append="APPEND">

Parameter
Description

TAG:Concat

(Required) Applet tag indicator.

variable

(Required) Name of the variable to be appended or prepended. The resulting string is stored in this variable

prepend

(Optional) Specifies whether to add a simple text string or variable in front of an existing stored variable. The variable must be specified in the form "<variable>name of variable".

Prepend is required if Append is not specified.

append

(Optional) Specifies whether to add a simple text string or variable to the end of an existing stored variable. The variable must be specified in the form "<variable>name of variable".

Append is required if Prepend is not specified.
Example

The following example sets the variables var_equal and var_criteria, then appends var_criteria and prepends a simple text string to var_equal. The concatenated string is stored in var_equal:

<TAG:SetVariable variable="var_equal" name="=">

<TAG:SetVariable variable="var_criteria" name=" 'Good' ">

<TAG:Concat variable="var_equal" prepend="\"status\" " append="<variable>var_criteria">

  
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