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 > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/412ef5c6-6f55-4dd0-93fa-1b238bb22f6bn%40googlegroups.com.
