how to accomplish variable interpolation in a string

[abhinav sinha]

Hi,

I am not able to interpolate a variable.I am new to Java programming so I am do not know about it.Here is a part of sample code which I am using -

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<code>
public void itemStateChanged(java.awt.event.ItemEvent e) {
if (e.getStateChange() == e.SELECTED) {
String abh=(String)e.getItem();
System.out.println("the script chosen by abhinav is "+ abh);
File f = new File("scripts\\"+e.getItem());
if (! f.exists())
{
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,e.getItem()+" does not exists","LAB DIALER ERROR", 1);
}
String cmd = "perl scripts/abh";
Process p=null;
p=Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);

<\code>

The above program is not able to run the perl script because it is not able to interpolate the value of String abh in the String cmd.Please tell me how to do it.

[Jesper de Jong]

I don't know what you mean by "interpolate". Do you mean "concatenate"? I guess you'd want to do this:

String cmd = "perl scripts/" + abh;