problem while scripting

[Sjizo]

Hey all,

Im trying to make some sort of simple console. For now I use an editbox and a static text. The functionality I wanna do in a Lua script, but i ran into a problem. when trying to combine 2 strings like this

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local text = winMgr:getWindow("Root/ConsoleInputLine"):getText()
      local oldText = winMgr:getWindow("Root/ConsoleWindow"):getText()
      winMgr:getWindow("Root/ConsoleInputLine"):setText("")
      local newText = oldText + text


I get this error
[string "../datafiles/lua_scripts/consoleGui.lua"]:11: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'oldText' (a string value)

What is the correct way of combining 2 strings in Lua?

[Habba]

I recall it was ..

so "this is a string and " .. "this is an another string."

Would equal: "this is a string and this is an another string."

[Sjizo]

Thanks for the quick reply, that was exactly it.