>You can use above syntax in VB without any doubt. As the first operand is string.
>
>If you use,
>
>ab = 'Hi Friends'
>cd = 12
>
>
>if you use
>ab + cd ----> No problem .
>ab & cd ----> No problem, Preferable for string concatenation.
>
>If by chance AB gets a numeric value (say 23) , then
>
>ab + cd ----> 25, not '1223'
>
>ab & cd ----> '1223' as you want.
>
>Very simple, if you think.


Thanks for the tips, Satya.

I take it that when numbers convert to strings they get an implicit
'alltrim'.

Peter