topic Re: Compare value with characters in Application Development and Automation Discussions

Compare value with characters

Former Member — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 11:49:32 GMT

Hi all,

how can I write this correctly?

if order >= '0003A0000'

and order <= '0003Z9999'.

so in other words if the order is something like '0003B0000' then the it would do the processing.

Now when I write this, program runs into an error.

Thanks,

Tim

Re: Compare value with characters

arivazhagan_sivasamy — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 11:58:18 GMT

Hi,

Try below this.

if order BETWEEN '0003A0000' and '0003Z9999'.

Regards,

Arivazhagan S

Re: Compare value with characters

Former Member — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 11:59:20 GMT

Hello Tim,

That should work perfectly fine. Problably is the type of the order variable that is wrong?

Try using a Char type.

This works:

data: order type vbeln.

order = '0003B0000'.

if order >= '0003A0000'and order <= '0003Z9999'.

write 'ok'.

endif.

Re: Compare value with characters

Former Member — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 12:04:25 GMT

Did u try LE (instead of <= ) and GE (instead of >= )

Re: Compare value with characters

Former Member — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 12:15:06 GMT

What is the data type of order?

For data type String and character (c), it should work.

DATA: l_one(15) type c,

l_two(15) TYPE c,

l_find(15) TYPE c.

l_one = '0003A0000'.

l_two = '0003Z9999'.

l_find = '0003B0000'.

IF l_find >= l_one

AND l_find <= l_two.

WRITE 'ok'.

else.

write 'not found'.

ENDIF.

Re: Compare value with characters

Former Member — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 12:18:35 GMT

Hi Tim,

You code is working fine for me.. What is the error that you get? Make sure order is a character field.

data : aufnr_l like vbrp-aufnr VALUE '0003A0000'.
data : aufnr_h like vbrp-aufnr VALUE '0003Z9999'.

PARAMETERS p_aufnr LIKE vbrp-aufnr.

if p_aufnr LT aufnr_h and p_aufnr GT aufnr_l.
*if p_aufnr <= '0003Z9999' and p_aufnr => '0003A0000'.
write : 'Within limit'.
else.
write : 'Outside limit'.
endif.

Re: Compare value with characters

former_member188219 — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 12:21:54 GMT

if wa_datatab1-row >= '11' and wa_datatab1-row >= '12'.

ENDIF.

Re: Compare value with characters

Former Member — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 12:22:01 GMT

Thanks for all your quick answers. The program actually worked fine in that part, exception was raised because of a different error and I assumed it is because of the above.

Re: Compare value with characters

RaymondGiuseppi — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 12:24:13 GMT

Perform some search on Abap online documentation : log_exp - Comparison Operators for Character-Like Data Types

Also check the actual internal format of the order number

Regards,

Raymond

PS: hint : look for "CP" and "wildcard".

PPS: hint : leading zeroes and actual length (or define constants with correct type)