concatenate-text

Description

concatenate-text adaptor concatenates two text strings.

By default there is no separator between the concatenated texts, use the separator input to add a separator.

Inputs

text one Type: text Required: Yes First text to be concatenated.

text two Type: text Required: Yes Second text to be concatenated.

separator Type: text Required: No Specifies text to separate the concatenated texts. If unspecified, defaults to no separator.

Outputs

combination Type: text The concatenated text.

Examples

Example 1: Default behaviour.

Inputs:

text one: Hello

text two: World

Outputs:

combination: HelloWorld

-> concatenate the texts Hello and World.

Example 2: Concatenation with a separator.

Inputs:

text one: Hello

text two: World

separator: (space)

Outputs:

combination: Hello World

-> concatenate the texts Hello and World with a space separator.

Use Cases

• Concatenating text is often used to create more informative and descriptive labels or names

• Concatenation is employed to build complete sentences or phrases from individual text components

• Combining first names and last names into a single "full name" column or merging address components into a complete address string.

• When constructing URLs or file paths, concatenation is used to combine different components, such as domain names, paths, and filenames.