Hi Springer,
I would like to combine the two strings (first_name and last_name) and
concatenated to populate a third field (like "whole name").
Is there anyway to do that either using Set Var or any method?
On Thursday, 7 April 2022 at 04:38:57 UTC+8 springer wrote:
> James,
>
> Perhaps a bit more detail would help. Do you want to do a one-time action
> where textual contents of two fields (like "first_name" and "last_name")
> are concatenated to populate a third field (like "whole name"), which will
> then become the field you use instead of those first two? (I assume you
> want to combine text strings, rather than to add numbers together)
>
> Alternately: do you want a way to have something like a new field that
> draws dynamically from two other fields (so that you can continue to update
> "first_name" and see the result in the "whole_name" field (or template)?)
>
> The best solution depends on what you want to accomplish, and what your
> workflow might be like going forward. (For many purposes, you could just
> keep the fields distinct at the granular level, and just combine them in
> any display or output situation that requires them to be seen together.)
>
> -Springer
> On Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at 9:59:08 AM UTC-4 James wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> is that possible to combine the text of two separate fields into one?
>> or may be combine two variables into one?
>>
>> Thanks a lot.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> James
>
>
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