#!c:\perl\bin $string1="Perl "; $string2="is the No 1 Web language!"; # Here are the separate strings: print "\n\nHere is the value of \$string1\n\n"; print $string1; print "\n\n"; print "Here is the value of \$string2\n\n"; print $string2; print "\n\n"; # now you concatenate the separate strings: $joinedstring=$string1 . $string2; print "And now here is the value of \$joinedstring\n\n"; print "$joinedstring \n\n";