---
title: "concat"
description: "Concatenates all of the strings passed in as arguments together."
---

# concat

> Concatenates all of the strings passed in as arguments together.

**This function is used by Ignition's Expression language.**

## Description
Concatenates all of the strings passed in as arguments together. A null string passed as an argument will be evaluated as the word null. Rarely used, as the + operator does the same thing.

## Syntax
`concat(string[, string...])`

- Parameters

    - string **string** - Any number of string values to concatenate together.

- Results

    - string - A string that is all of the strings provided concatenated together.

## Examples
```python title="Code Snippet"
concat("The answer is: ", "42") //returns "The answer is: 42"
```