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JavaScript JavaScript Basics Working with Strings Combine Strings

Posted by Jennifer Wong
Jennifer Wong
1,622 Points

If you combine values that contain strings, is that still called concatenation?

At the end, the speaker mentioned that combing strings together is called concatenation, then states you can combine variables that contain strings – it was unclear if the latter is also considered concatenation.

1 Answer

Douglas Counts
Douglas Counts
10,060 Points
Douglas Counts
Douglas Counts
10,060 Points

Yes, concatenation is appending one string to another regardless of how you do it.

Both contrived examples below are concatenation:

console.log('string one' + ' plus ' + 'string two');

const string1 = 'string one';
const plus = ' plus ';
const string2 = 'string two';

console.log(string1 + plus + string2);

Both console.log() statements contain string concatenations.

Hope you find this helpful,

-Doug