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Text symbols: Split line

luis_rod — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 15:09:47 GMT

Hi all,

If a message line is long, sometimes it looks better in two or more lines. I know how to do it when using literals in MESSAGE. Is there any way to do it using text symbols?

Thanks in advance,

Luis

Re: Text symbols: Split line

Sandra_Rossi — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 15:25:38 GMT

Differently said, is your question "split line" similar to "word wrapping" ? If so, I don't understand why your solution for MESSAGE would be different with a text symbol.

Or is your question about replacing "placeholders" in a text symbol ? (not related to "split line" but maybe you used the wrong term) If so, using the ABAP statement REPLACE is very easy.

Re: Text symbols: Split line

luis_rod — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 15:51:13 GMT

Sandra,

First, my apologies if the question was not stated clearly, as english is not my first language.

Let me show you a small example. If I write:

DATA: msg_text type string.
msg_text = 'a long first line' &
           ' a long second line'.
MESSAGE msg_text type 'I' DISPLAY LIKE 'W'.

I get my message in two lines. How can I replicate that using text symbols?

Regards,

Luis

Re: Text symbols: Split line

Sandra_Rossi — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 18:33:00 GMT

If I understand well your question. Currently, you do:

DATA: msg_text type string.
msg_text = 'a long first line' &
           ' a long second line'.
MESSAGE msg_text type 'I' DISPLAY LIKE 'W'.

You want to use text symbols instead of the text literals, so you cannot use the literal operator &, but you may use the string operator &&:

DATA: msg_text type string.
msg_text = 'a long first line'(001) &&
           ' a long second line'(002).
MESSAGE msg_text type 'I' DISPLAY LIKE 'W'.

Re: Text symbols: Split line

luis_rod — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 20:31:29 GMT

Sandra,

Thanks for your answer. I think that's the way to do it.

Regards,

Luis

Re: Text symbols: Split line

retired_member — Sun, 01 Oct 2017 15:51:51 GMT

Or like that?

MESSAGE 'a long first line'(001) &&
        ' a long second line'(002) 
        type 'I' DISPLAY LIKE 'W'.