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Concatenate M Language error when data type is same
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Sunny Sharma

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November 26, 2021 - 8:01 pm
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Expression.Error: We cannot apply operator & to types Number and Number.
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Operator=&
Left=2021
Right=8115

Left value is a year & Right value is a Ticket number. And both share the same Data type number (1.2). I dont know what I'missing.

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Mynda Treacy
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Hi Sunny,

When you use & you're concatenating and to concatenate the data type must be text. You cannot concatenate numbers. First change the data type to text.

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Thank you so much! On top of that I really want to thank you for you quick response. You're awesome!

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