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Addition Operator (+)

Used to sum two numbers.

Synopsis

result = expression1 + expression2

Arguments

The + operator syntax has these parts:

result Any numeric variable.
expression1 Any expression.
expression2 Any expression.

Description

Although you can also use the + operator to concatenate two character strings, you should use the & operator for concatenation to eliminate ambiguity and provide self-documenting code.

When you use the + operator, you may not be able to determine whether addition or string concatenation will occur.

The underlying subtype of the expressions determines the behavior of the + operator in the following way:

If Then
Both expressions are numeric Add.
Both expressions are strings Concatenate.
One expression is numeric and the other is a string Add.

Notes

If both expressions are Empty, result is an Integer subtype. However, if only one expression is Empty, the other expression is returned unchanged as result.

See Also

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