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assigning apostrophe ( ' ) to a variable

Former Member — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 07:28:43 GMT

Hi,

I have forgotten one of the basic principles of abap,

so could anybody tell me how does one assign an apostrophe to a variable i.e how does one assign the character ' to a variable??

Former Member — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 07:39:16 GMT

Hi,

REPORT ZSRITEST.

<b>DATA: lv_quote.

lv_quote = ''''.</b>

WRITE lv_quote.

Hope this helps..

Sri

Former Member — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 07:41:34 GMT

Hi arup,

its simple !

1. sample code (just copy paste)

report abc.

data : var(10) type c.

var = 'amit'''.

write 😕 var.

2. ********************

use TWO single quotes continuosuly

to tell abap to consider it as

single quote for string purpose.

regards,

amit m.