Operator '&' cannot be applied to operands of type 'string' and 'string'

Question

I'm trying the following code:

string text = "";
char c = 'd';
text += "abc" & c.ToString();

..but it returns an error 'Operator '&' cannot...' . It don't works even without ToString(). What's the problem converting char to string?

Yes :) In VB all conversions from data types to data types are much simpler, so I found it pretty hard to get these conversions right in C#. — Cobold
– Cobold, Commented Jun 10, 2011 at 9:18
Of course from my perspective conversions in VB are much harder. :-) — Eric Lippert
– Eric Lippert, Commented Jun 10, 2011 at 14:17

Brandon · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-09 21:16:28Z

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You don't use & for string concatentation in C#, you use +

string text = ""; 
char c = 'd'; 
text += "abc" + c;

answered Jun 9, 2011 at 21:16

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Coincoin · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-09 21:16:47Z

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The string concatenation operator is a plus sign in C#, not an ampersand.

answered Jun 9, 2011 at 21:16

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