title: Data concatenation in SPSS
body: <p>I have two data columns in SPSS </p>
  
  <pre><code>hhid = 1 2 3
  
  carid = 26 27 28
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I want to create a new column which concatenates both the hhid and carid and gives me an output </p>
  
  <pre><code>Newid = 1_26 2_27 3_28
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am new to SPSS, I appreciate your help.</p>