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append(3tcl)                 Tcl Built-In Commands                append(3tcl)

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NAME
       append - Append to variable

SYNOPSIS
       append varName ?value value value ...?
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DESCRIPTION
       Append all of the value arguments to the current value of variable var-
       Name.  If varName does not exist, it is given a value equal to the con-
       catenation  of  all the value arguments.  The result of this command is
       the new value stored in variable varName.  This command provides an ef-
       ficient  way  to  build  up long variables incrementally.  For example,
       “append a $b” is much more efficient than “set a $a$b” if $a is long.

EXAMPLE
       Building a string of comma-separated numbers piecemeal using a loop.

              set var 0
              for {set i 1} {$i<=10} {incr i} {
                  append var "," $i
              }
              puts $var
              # Prints 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

SEE ALSO
       concat(3tcl), lappend(3tcl)

KEYWORDS
       append, variable

Tcl                                                               append(3tcl)

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