{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/issues/4624","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/issues/4624/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/issues/4624/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/issues/4624/events","html_url":"https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/issues/4624","id":98998844,"number":4624,"title":"Strange behaviour when doing r.row('field1') + \" \" + r.row('field2')","user":{"login":"ha1331","id":8921895,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8921895?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/ha1331","html_url":"https://github.com/ha1331","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ha1331/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ha1331/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ha1331/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ha1331/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ha1331/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ha1331/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ha1331/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ha1331/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/ha1331/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-08-04T15:41:09Z","updated_at":"2015-08-04T15:41:09Z","closed_at":null,"body":"If I do: \r\n\r\nr.db('test').table('table3').update({description: r.row(\"value1\") + \" \" + r.row(\"value2\")})\r\n\r\nis it the intended result really the following: \r\n\r\n{\r\n\"description\":  \"r.row(\"value1\") r.row(\"value2\")\" ,\r\n\"name\":  \"137576da-500e-4c36-8ca7-e614d02b1e79\" ,\r\n\"value1\":  \"foo\" ,\r\n\"value2\":  \"bar\"\r\n}\r\n\r\nOn a side note, the api docs currently have these items for String manipulation (where I think people intuitively look to, when trying to do things to strings):\r\n\r\nmatch\r\nsplit\r\nupcase\r\ndowncase\r\n\r\nIf people need to concatenate strings, they need to figure out that the information they need, can be found under the \"Math and logic\" section, and add() is the way to go. How to resolve this without repeating the functions under many sections, I don't know. Current state might be good enough, just wanted to point it out because this came up when I was answering to a question at #rethinkdb  "}}