# Concatenate

The Concatenate step allows you to combine values from multiple columns into a single new column.

### Step parameters

* `Columns to concatenate` **column(array)\***: Select two or more columns to concatenate
* `Separator` **string or void**: a character or a string of characters to be used as a separator between concatenated columns. Can be left empty if no separator has to be used.
* `New column name` **string\*** :Enter a name for the new column that will contain the concatenated values

### Example

**Input**

<figure><img src="https://1809014303-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FZxYYf1KpgarKMgMsDCrw%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-b05f6cbc7868b8c6f0dd161cbbcc378b2f46121f%2Finput_text.png?alt=media" alt=""><figcaption><p>Text - concatenate</p></figcaption></figure>

**Configuration**

```json
{
    "columns": ["first_name", "last_name"],
    "separator": " ",
    "new_column_name": "full_name"
}
```

**Result**

<figure><img src="https://1809014303-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FZxYYf1KpgarKMgMsDCrw%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d01b87c38254f91398694c4a0df1dcdda6522adf%2Fconcatenate_outut.png?alt=media" alt=""><figcaption><p>Text - concatenate output</p></figcaption></figure>