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&= Operator

Concatenates a String expression to a String variable and assigns the result to the variable.

variable &= expression

Parts

variable
Required. Any String variable.
expression
Required. Any String expression.

Example

The following example uses the &= operator to concatenate two String variables and assign the result to the first variable.

Dim var1 As String = "Hello "
Dim var2 As String = "World!"
var1 &= var2   ' The value of var1 is now "Hello World!"

See Also

& Operator | *= Operator | += Operator | -= Operator | /= Operator | = Operator | \= Operator | ^= Operator