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Concatenate large text into string gives syntax error in compiler

frank_stdle — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:54:58 GMT

I am trying to concatenate a large amount of HTML code into a string in order to build a Web page in a HTTP handler. The HTML code will be pushed to the browser with the statement below:

 

data: lv_html type string.
CALL METHOD server->response->set_cdata( data = lv_html ).

The HTML text is 1870 lines long and 250 columns wide. When I try to concatenate this text into a string, I get the syntax error in the compiler "The last statement is not complete (period missing)" with reference to the concatenate statement. If I try to concatenate only 140 of the lines, I do no get a syntax error on syntax check.

Is there a limit to the amount of text that can be concatenated into a string? If so, is there a better way for me to get the HTML code into the string?

thanks!

Edited by: Frank Stødle on Feb 5, 2010 9:59 AM

Re: Concatenate large text into string gives syntax error in compiler

former_member206377 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:09:01 GMT

Hi Frank,

STring does not have a limit on the number of characters. I haved used it to store a HTML code even more than what you have mentioned.In my case I had this requirement in BSP, so I assigned the value to the string from the client side( Javascript) using Forms. That may not be relevant in your case, but what I am trying to highlight here is that there is no limit on teh numebr of characters a string can hold.

Re: Concatenate large text into string gives syntax error in compiler

frank_stdle — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:12:35 GMT

Ok, but is there then some limit on the concatenate statement? I will try to append all my text to a table of strings instead and then convert the table to a plain string using CL_IAC_HELPER_CONVERSIONS.

Any other suggestions?

Re: Concatenate large text into string gives syntax error in compiler

frank_stdle — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:05:58 GMT

I appended all the text to a table of strings and converted the table to a string using CL_IAC_HELPER_CONVERSIONS, problem solved.