# Prepend

This function allows you to prepend text to the start of one or more fields, a named variable or each field specified in a list in a named variable. Which fields or text strings you are processing is discussed in Statement Source/Target Determination. The same topic describes the ability to treat each field or named variable as a list where each list component will be processed.

If both a string and a field are specified, the results will be: string - field contents - original contents.

When in stepwise execution mode and you're prepending text to a named variable, the function is only performed once.

The supplied strings may contain any of the escape sequences described in Escape Sequences.

The optional text field can be displayed in a multi-line editor by clicking on the control to the right of the field. \n sequences are changed to newline characters when displayed and changed back to \n sequences after editing.

Field Selection Modes in Tables