As an aside, if you prefer the look of the VB "&" string concatenation operator, you can define a function named "&" in Mathcad and use it in a visually similar fashion to VB by means of the infix operator (nesting the infix operator as required).
Using "&" means using the "text in math" facility .... type a letter (doesn't matter what), then press ctl-shft-k - the cursor should turn red. Now type "&" and the & character will appear (rather than an integral operator as normal), press ctl-shft-k again to end "text in math" mode and delete the first letter. Now type "(a,b), ":" to get the definition operator, followed by "concat(a,b)". You now have a function called & that does the same thing as concat (except that it can only take 2 arguments).
The infix operator (available from the Evaluation toolbar) allows you define function f(x,y) in the form "x f y" (eg, the vector cross multiplication function x(a,b) could be written a x b). Similarly, you can use "str1 concat str2" or, with the new & function, "str1 & str2".
Stuart
