This is a text function that appends the value of one sample to another. For example, suppose we had the following case fragment and we needed to define a calculated value attribute PatientName which combined the patient’s given name, middle name and surname, with a space in between each.
| Age | 32 |
| Sex | Male |
| Surname | Smith |
| Middle | Andrew |
| Given | John |
We could define PatientName as a calculated value attribute using the expression:
Given append ” ” append Middle append ” ” append Surname
The value for PatientName for this case would be:
John Andrew Smith