Operator &= (Concatenate And Assign)
Appends and assigns a string onto another string
Syntax
`
Declare Operator &= ( ByRef lhs As String, ByRef rhs As T2 )
Declare Operator &= ( ByRef lhs As WString, ByRef rhs As T2 )
`
Usage
`
lhs &= rhs
`
Parameters
`lhs`
The string to assign to.
`rhs`
The value to append to `lhs`.
`T2`
Any numeric, string or user-defined type that can be converted to a string.
Description
This operator appends one string onto another. The right-hand side expression (`rhs`) is converted to a string before concatenation. It is functionally equivalent to,
`
lhs = lhs & rhs
`
where the result is assigned back to the left-hand side string.
This operator can be overloaded for user-defined types as a member `Operator` using the appropriate syntax.
Note: This operator exists in C/C++ with a different meaning - there it performs a bitwise `And=`.
Note: Similarly to the operator '=[>]' (assign), the alternative symbol '&=>' can be also used.
Example
`
Dim s As String = "Hello, "
s &= " world!"
Print s
`
will produce the output:

    Hello, world!

Dialect Differences

- In the -lang qb dialect, this operator cannot be overloaded.

Differences from QB

- New to FreeBASIC

See also

- `Operator & (String Concatenation With Conversion)`
- `Operator += (Add And Assign)`