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Description

Used to sum two numbers or perform string concatenation.

Syntax

result = expression1 + expression2

The + operator syntax has these parts:

Part	Description
result	Any variable.
expression1	Any expression.
expression2	Any expression.

Remarks

The underlying subtype of the expressions determines the behavior of the + operator.

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

For information on when a run-time error is generated by the + operator, see the Operator Behavior table.

Prepending "+" to a string will convert a numeric string to a number. toString Method e.g. +"123" returns 123 in numeric form.

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