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|examples=
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====Numbers====
<source lang="mtmacro" line>
<source lang="mtmacro" line>
[r: add(1,4)]
[r: add(1,4)]
</source>
</source>
Returns 5.
Returns:<source lang="mtmacro" line start=2>5</source>


====Strings====
<source lang="mtmacro" line>
<source lang="mtmacro" line>
[r: add("Mary", "had", "a", "little", "lamb")]
[r: add("Mary", "had", "a", "little", "lamb")]
</source>
</source>
Returns "Maryhadalittlelamb".
Returns:<source lang="mtmacro" line start=2>"Maryhadalittlelamb"</source>
 


====Numbers and Strings====
<source lang="mtmacro" line>
<source lang="mtmacro" line>
[r: add(1,"4")]
[r: add(1,"4")]
</source>
</source>
Returns "14".
Returns:<source lang="mtmacro" line start=2>"14"</source>


}}
}}
[[Category:Mathematical Function]]
[[Category:Mathematical Function]]

Revision as of 22:15, 6 March 2009

add() Function

Adds number and/or strings together. If all of the arguments to the function are numbers then a numeric addition is performed, if any of the arguments are strings then all of the arguments are concatenated as a string.

Usage

[h: result = add(val1, val2, ...)]
[h: result = sum(val1, val2, ...)]
[h: result = concat(val1, val2, ...)]

Examples

====Numbers====
[r: add(1,4)]
Returns:
5


Strings

[r: add("Mary", "had", "a", "little", "lamb")]
Returns:
"Maryhadalittlelamb"


Numbers and Strings

[r: add(1,"4")]
Returns:
"14"