STRJOIN Function

STRJOIN Function

Concatenates all of the elements of a string array into a single scalar string.

Usage

result = STRJOIN(string[, sep])

Input Parameters

string—A string array whose elements are to be concatenated.

sep—(optional) A scalar string that is used to separate adjoining elements of the input array.

Returned Value

result—A scalar string.

Keywords

None.

Example

A string array of directory names is concatenated into a string that can be used for a !Path system variable definition.

dirs = ['/bin','/usr/bin','/usr/local/bin', $

   '/etc','/usr/ucb/bin', '/usr/sbin']

path = STRJOIN(dirs, ':')

PRINT, path

; PV-WAVE prints the following:

; /bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/etc:/usr/ucb/bin:/usr/sbin