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Operators: Adding Strings (6.4)
by Brett Roberts
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Adding Strings
To add strings, special operators are used. To combine 2 strings, you must use the . operator for the concatenation. The following table outlines the different accumulating operators used widely in perl scripts, note:

. Combines (concatenates) 2 or more strings

Examples:

# Example 1

$fullname="Brett " . "Roberts";

# Value in $fullname becomes Brett Roberts

# Example 2

$firstname="Brett ";
$lastname="Roberts";
$fullname=$firstname . $lastname;
print "Hello $fullname!";

# This will display output of Hello Brett Roberts!