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Using Concatenate Function
Theconcatenatefunctionmergestwoormorevariablesintoonenewvariable.Tocreateacon-
catenatefunction,dothefollowing:
1.
Clickonthe buttonintheStandardtoolbarorselectOpenintheFilemenu.Select
thelabelfileID_CARD.LBLfromthesamplefolder.
Thelabelhasalinktothedatabasesoyouseehowtheconcatenatefunctionoperateson
asetofrecords.
2. SelectthecommandFunctionsintheDatamenu.
3. Thereisalreadyonefunctiondefinedinthelabel.IgnoreitandclickontheNewbutton.
Thedialogboxwiththepropertiesofthenewfunctionwillopen.
4. IntheGeneraltabtype'MyConcatenatefunction'forthenameforthefunction.
5. SelecttheConcatenatefunctionfromthelistoffunctions.
6. ClickontheDetailedtabtodefinedetailsforthefunction.
Lookatthetopofthedialogbox.Theleftsidecontainstheavailablevariablesdefined
onthelabel.
7. SelectthevariablesIDandNAME.Notethattheyhaveappearedintherightlistbox.
8. Thenameoftheoutputvariableis'Concatenate'anddelimiterissetto'None'.Clickon
theOKbutton.
DefinitionoftheConcatenatefunction
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