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6arredja
11-18-2004, 01:42 PM
What does the += mean in this code?

begin += NameOfCookie.length+1;

Serex
11-18-2004, 01:49 PM
+= will add the value of NameOfCookie.length + 1 back into the value of begin.

think of it like this

begin = 0;
begin += 2; // begin now = 2
begin += 5; // begin now = 7

its basically saying
begin = begin + 2;
begin = begin + 5;

so in your case
begin = begin + ( NameOfCookie.length + 1 );
begin += NameOfCookie.length + 1; // same

6arredja
11-18-2004, 01:50 PM
Thanks a bundle