Dear Simon, In message <CAPnjgZ3SXdKaKmYCw=q0w-jghghapvhwhdtg5q2dnemniy6...@mail.gmail.com> you wrote: > > > What is the purpose of + operator on strings? > > Can't we use setenv "${a}${b}" ? > > Yes, that does the same thing, although it is a bit clumsy. > > setenv a *10 > setenv b *100 > setenv c "${a}${b}" > > instead of > > setexpr c *10 + *100
I don't get it. The equivalent to "${a}${b}" would be setexpr c "*10*100" which is even simpler? Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, Managing Director: Wolfgang Denk HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: w...@denx.de "You know, after a woman's raised a family and so on, she wants to start living her own life." "Whose life she's _been_ living, then?" - Terry Pratchett, _Witches Abroad_