Language Reference+ Operator


Description
Used to sum two numbers or perform string concatenation.

Syntax
result = expression1 + expression2

The + operator syntax has these parts:

Part Description
result Any variable.
expression1 Any expression.
expression2 Any expression.

Remarks
The underlying subtype of the expressions determines the behavior of the + operator in the following way:

If Then
Both expressions are numeric or boolean Add.
Both expressions are strings Concatenate.
One expression is numeric and the other is a string Concatenate.

As for all arithmetic operators, JScript will generate runtime errors for every case in the table below where an E is indicated:

 objasnsnumboolundefnull
objNENNNEE
asEEEEEEE
nsNENNNEE
numNENNNEE
boolNENNNEE
undefEEEEEEE
nullEEEEEEE

obj = Object, as = Alphanumeric String, ns = Numeric String, num = Number, bool = Boolean, undef = Undefined, null = Null value.