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check for values in variable

Former Member — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:33:25 GMT

if am giving some value for a variable as input, i need to check if any particular letter is present in that or not how can i check that

for example if my input is 'ksjdfkaskdfj' i need to check whether 'a' is present in my input how do i do that using wat command

Re: check for values in variable

Former Member — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:36:44 GMT

data : v_str(25) value 'ksjdfkaskdfj'.

search v_str for 'a' .

if sy-subrc eq 0.

write : / 'character a is found'.

endif.

Message was edited by:

Chandrasekhar Jagarlamudi

Re: check for values in variable

uwe_schieferstein — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:38:04 GMT

Hello Varalakshmi

You can simply use the <b>'CA'</b> (= contains any) operator, e.g.:

  TRANSLATE my_variable TO UPPER CASE. " if lower case is not relevant

  IF ( my_variable CA 'A' ).
    result = abap_true.  " = 'X'
  ELSE.
    result = abap_false. " = ' ' 
  ENDIF.

Regards

Uwe

Re: check for values in variable

Former Member — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:18:10 GMT

hey thanks for ur reply guys

now the requirement is if i dont specify the character but instead i need to search for any character in tht variable