topic Re: defference about C and STRING type in Application Development and Automation Discussions https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/defference-about-c-and-string-type/m-p/5941396#M1334627 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Depending upon the requirement....Both of the Data type are of use.....Char you need for small variable that can contains Character only whereas String contains Alphanumeric Characters.</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:49:20 GMT Former Member 2009-07-19T16:49:20Z defference about C and STRING type https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/defference-about-c-and-string-type/m-p/5941394#M1334625 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello Gurus,</P><P></P><P> C type and STRING type can all be used for string, what 's the difference?</P><P></P><P>Many thanks,</P><P>Frank</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:38:29 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/defference-about-c-and-string-type/m-p/5941394#M1334625 Former Member 2009-07-19T16:38:29Z Re: defference about C and STRING type https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/defference-about-c-and-string-type/m-p/5941395#M1334626 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>please look at [sap documentation|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/fc/eb2fd9358411d1829f0000e829fbfe/frameset.htm]</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:44:25 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/defference-about-c-and-string-type/m-p/5941395#M1334626 Sandra_Rossi 2009-07-19T16:44:25Z Re: defference about C and STRING type https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/defference-about-c-and-string-type/m-p/5941396#M1334627 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Depending upon the requirement....Both of the Data type are of use.....Char you need for small variable that can contains Character only whereas String contains Alphanumeric Characters.</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:49:20 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/defference-about-c-and-string-type/m-p/5941396#M1334627 Former Member 2009-07-19T16:49:20Z Re: defference about C and STRING type https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/defference-about-c-and-string-type/m-p/5941397#M1334628 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Do you say that C cannot contain numeric characters while STRINGS can ? No, you're WRONG. The only difference is that C can hold up to 65535 characters while strings can contain more, there are also some other little differences...</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:06:39 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/defference-about-c-and-string-type/m-p/5941397#M1334628 Sandra_Rossi 2009-07-19T17:06:39Z Re: defference about C and STRING type https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/defference-about-c-and-string-type/m-p/5941398#M1334629 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>with strings we can use following staements</P><P></P><P>SEARCH To search in a string</P><P>n REPLACE To replace the first occurrence of a string</P><P>n TRANSLATE To replace all specified characters</P><P>n SHIFT To shift a character at a time</P><P>n CONDENSE To remove spaces</P><P>n CONCATENATE To chain two or more strings together</P><P>n OVERLAY To overlay two strings</P><P>n SPLIT To split a string</P><P></P><P>cheers</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:18:36 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/defference-about-c-and-string-type/m-p/5941398#M1334629 Former Member 2009-07-19T23:18:36Z