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Reg string identification

Former Member — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:39:20 GMT

Hi,

I have a 3 recordslike

1) '*********break adfljsdalfj jalsfdjsladj'

2) '$$$$$$$$$breakfast***********

3) '********break#************'

I have an input field like 'break'

when i have search for those records with 'break' then requires to pick only 1st and 3rd record

i have tried with SEARCH and FIND commands ...But iam unable to get those required records

please advise on this....

Thanks&Regards

ramesh

Re: Reg string identification

former_member219399 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:17:15 GMT

Hi,

You can use the operator CP (Contains Pattern).

With regards,

Vamsi

Re: Reg string identification

Former Member — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:19:38 GMT

Do CS on the variable for value as '*break'

~Nanda

Re: Reg string identification

Former Member — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:28:28 GMT

Hi,

You can use regular expressions

FIND REGEX '\<break\>' IN v_char.

In the abap help, you will find the documentation for REGEX statement:

Start and end of a word

The operator \< fits at the start of a word and the operator \> fits at the end of a word. ... . A word is defined as an uninterrupted sequence of alphanumeric characters.

Regards

Darley

Re: Reg string identification

Former Member — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:27:35 GMT

Hi,

Use the below code.

DATA: v_position TYPE sy-fdpos,

v_alpha(52).

DATA: BEGIN OF itab OCCURS 0,

text(100),

END OF itab.

v_alpha = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'.

itab-text = '*********break adfljsdalfj jalsfdjsladj'.

APPEND itab.

CLEAR itab.

itab-text = '$$$$$$$$$breakfast***********'.

APPEND itab.

CLEAR itab.

itab-text = '********break#************'.

APPEND itab.

CLEAR itab.

LOOP AT itab.

CLEAR v_position.

SEARCH itab-text FOR 'break' IN CHARACTER MODE.

IF sy-subrc = 0.

v_position = sy-fdpos + 5.

IF itab-text+v_position(1) = ' ' OR

NOT itab-text+v_position(1) CO v_alpha.

WRITE: itab-text.

ENDIF.

ENDLOOP.

Regards,

Kumar Bandanadham