* (Q) How can I combine a string and a numeric variables? For example the sting variable is 'Math', the number is 101 and I need "Math101". *(A) Posted to SPSSX-L list by Raynald Levesque on 2002/09/03. DATA LIST LIST /subject(A8) numb(F6). BEGIN DATA Math 101 English 402 END DATA. LIST. STRING comb(A12). COMPUTE comb=CONCAT(RTRIM(subject),LTRIM(STRING(numb,F4))). LIST.