Crystal Reports for Rational Application Developer Designer Guide

Concatenate operator (x +y)

Concatenate (x & y) and Concatenate (x + y) are synonymous if both operands x and y are Strings.

x + y

Concatenates (combines) string x to string y to make one contiguous string.

"Bread" + " and " + "butter"

Returns "Bread and butter".

"Your customer number is " + ({customer.CUSTOMER ID}) + " and your company contact person is " + ({customer.CONTACT FIRST NAME}) + "."

Returns "Your customer number is 64 and your company contact person is Bob." Where CustomerID="64" and First Name = "Bob".

You can use this operator only if all the elements you are connecting are strings.
If you want to include a value from a numeric field (for example, an account balance), you must first convert that value to a text string using the ToText function:

"Your account balance is " + ToText({file.BALANCE}) + "."

Concatenate (x & y)

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