title: Fitnesse Slim: How to concatenate symbol
body: <p>How would one concatenate a symbol with text on either side? 
  For example:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Prefix: <code>"GAR_"</code> </li>
  <li>Variable: <code>$todayDate</code></li>
  <li>Suffix: <code>"_1"</code></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p><code>GAR_$todayDate_1</code></p>
  
  <p>Which would evaluate to:
  <code>GAR_07202012_1</code></p>
  
  <p>When running the test in fitnesse, it seems as though the concatenation is working (<code>GAR_$todayDate-&gt;[07202012]_1</code>).  However, I am passing this value as a parameter to visual studio and I instead end up with the following text: <code>GAR_$todayDate_1</code>.</p>
  
  <p>When I remove the suffix or put a space between <code>$todayDate</code> and <code>"_1"</code>, everything works as expected.</p>
  
  <p>Any help would be appreciated.</p>
  
  <p>Things I have tried:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><code>GAR_!-$todayDate-!_1</code></li>
  <li><code>GAR_$todayDate!-_1-!</code></li>
  <li><code>GAR_$todayDate${SUFFIX}</code> - static variable defined</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Thanks,
  Mike</p>