# Concatenating two different 1 x n string arrays into a resultant 1 x n string array

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/concatenating-two-different-1-x-n-string-arrays-into-a-resultant-1-x-n-string-array/14076>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** strings, array\
**Created:** [August 26, 2018, 9:54am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/concatenating-two-different-1-x-n-string-arrays-into-a-resultant-1-x-n-string-array/14076 "2018-08-26T09:54:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nakul\_Tiruviluamala](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nakul_tiruviluamala/32/11228_2.png) [@Nakul\_Tiruviluamala](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Nakul_Tiruviluamala)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 9:54am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/concatenating-two-different-1-x-n-string-arrays-into-a-resultant-1-x-n-string-array/14076/1 "2018-08-26T09:54:58Z")

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Hi,  
I’ve got an array called ‘steps = [“C” “G” C"]’ and an array called ‘octaves = [“4” “4” “5”]’  
I was wondering of a way in which to combine the two arrays such that the concatenated resultant array ‘notes = [“C4” “G4” “C5”]’.

I’ve tried using hcat(steps, octaves), but that makes the resultant array 2 x n in size, whereas I want the resultant array to be 1 x n in size.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![pfitzseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pfitzseb/32/45566_2.png) [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 10:09am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/concatenating-two-different-1-x-n-string-arrays-into-a-resultant-1-x-n-string-array/14076/2 "2018-08-26T10:09:26Z")

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Use [broadcasting](https://docs.julialang.org/en/stable/manual/arrays/#Broadcasting-1):

```julia
julia> steps = ["C", "G", "C"]; octaves = ["4", "4", "5"];

julia> steps.*octaves
3-element Array{String,1}:
 "C4"
 "G4"
 "C5"

julia> string.(steps, octaves)
3-element Array{String,1}:
 "C4"
 "G4"
 "C5"

```

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**Author:** ![Nakul\_Tiruviluamala](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nakul_tiruviluamala/32/11228_2.png) [@Nakul\_Tiruviluamala](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Nakul_Tiruviluamala)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/concatenating-two-different-1-x-n-string-arrays-into-a-resultant-1-x-n-string-array/14076/3 "2018-08-26T23:22:47Z")

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Thank you!