---
title: APPEND
url: https://www.tines.com/docs/formulas/functions/append/
kind: formula-function
---

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# APPEND

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Joins two or more pieces of text together.

**Categories:** Text

## Syntax

```
APPEND(text1, text2, ...)
```

## Examples

### Example 1

Input:

```json
{
  "my_action": {
    "message": "/my/fancy/url"
  }
}
```

Formula:

```
APPEND(my_action.message, ".html")
```

Output:

```json
"/my/fancy/url.html"
```

### Example 2: Takes two or more strings as arguments.

Formula:

```
APPEND("app", "end", "ing")
```

Output:

```json
"appending"
```

### Example 3: Alternatively, you can use the concatenation operator:

Formula:

```
"/my/fancy/url" & ".html"
```

Output:

```json
"/my/fancy/url.html"
```

## Sample actions

```json
{
  "standardLibVersion": "13",
  "actionRuntimeVersion": "2",
  "agents": [
    {
      "disabled": false,
      "name": "APPEND",
      "description": "",
      "options": {
        "mode": "message_only",
        "loop": false,
        "payload": {
          "append": "=APPEND(my_action.string1, \" \" & my_action.string2)"
        }
      },
      "position": {
        "x": 180,
        "y": 555
      },
      "type": "eventTransformation",
      "timeSavedUnit": "minutes",
      "timeSavedValue": 0,
      "monitorAllEvents": false,
      "monitorFailures": false,
      "monitorNoEventsEmitted": null,
      "form": null
    },
    {
      "disabled": false,
      "name": "My Action",
      "description": null,
      "options": {
        "mode": "message_only",
        "loop": false,
        "payload": {
          "string1": "I have",
          "string2": "a dog"
        }
      },
      "position": {
        "x": 270,
        "y": 480
      },
      "type": "eventTransformation",
      "timeSavedUnit": "minutes",
      "timeSavedValue": 0,
      "monitorAllEvents": false,
      "monitorFailures": false,
      "monitorNoEventsEmitted": null,
      "form": null
    },
    {
      "disabled": false,
      "name": "String Concatenation",
      "description": "Another way to join two strings",
      "options": {
        "mode": "message_only",
        "loop": false,
        "payload": {
          "string_concatenation": "=my_action.string1 & \" \" & my_action.string2"
        }
      },
      "position": {
        "x": 360,
        "y": 555
      },
      "type": "eventTransformation",
      "timeSavedUnit": "minutes",
      "timeSavedValue": 0,
      "monitorAllEvents": false,
      "monitorFailures": false,
      "monitorNoEventsEmitted": null,
      "form": null
    }
  ],
  "links": [
    {
      "sourceIdentifier": 1,
      "receiverIdentifier": 2
    },
    {
      "sourceIdentifier": 1,
      "receiverIdentifier": 0
    }
  ],
  "diagramNotes": []
}
```