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I need to combine two fields in an attribute table. I want to do this using the field calculator. What is the proper script to write to combine a field called "name" and "type", so that it produces one field with "name type"?

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When in VBScript mode the sytnax would be

[name]&[type]

To add some separation you can use:

[name] & "-" & [type]

to put a dash between the two values.

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Awesome! Thank you so much! – mmiller Oct 17 '12 at 17:36
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This is also refered to as "concatenating" values. @mmiller - can you please accept the above as "answered"? – Jakub Oct 17 '12 at 20:05

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