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Why do we have WRITE TO ??

Former Member — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 14:18:08 GMT

Move can do all the operations that WRITE TO can do .... then why do we have that option??

Re: Why do we have WRITE TO ??

abdul_hakim — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 14:57:58 GMT

WRITE TO will move the value of the source field to the target field which should be of type character..

but with MOVE TO the target field can be of any type..

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Abdul Hakim

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Re: Why do we have WRITE TO ??

RichHeilman — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 16:21:01 GMT

When using WRITE TO, it will apply the formatting that you see in a list display. For example, if you write a date using the WRITE TO, it will apply the user specific formatting.

20061224 -> 12/24/2006

Also if writing type P fields.

1234.00 -> 1,234.00

Regards,

Rich Heilman

Re: Why do we have WRITE TO ??

Former Member — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 16:25:28 GMT

read this i think this will help u

You can use either WRITE or MOVE.

Using WRITE the format of the target field will be the same as when you write to a list. That means that the settings in the user's master record for decimal point and date are taking into account.

If you use MOVE, the decimal point is always a periode.

Syntax:

move t1 + offset(length) to t2

write t1 + offset(length) to t2

Example:

data: t1(10) type c, t2(10) type c.

t1 = '0123456789'.

move t1+3(5) to t2.

t2 will contain 34567

Instead of move you could have used write. In this example the result would have been the same.

Re: Why do we have WRITE TO ??

Former Member — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 15:25:36 GMT

thanks for that answer....