thnx for the reply, i took a look at these b4 posting but they really dont provied the effect im looking for. for example in melScript (maya scripting language) if i wanted to add on to a string i would type Code:

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string $pointAttach = "bob"
string $endAttach = "Model"

select ($pointAttach+$endAttach+"1"); 

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the result would be any object named bobModel1 would be selected.

i just wanted to know if this kind of string flexability is available in c-script and if so what syntax it would have to be in