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ABAP search and replace possible ?

Former Member — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:07:17 GMT

HI,

i have 2 Strings.

String1= "this is a test 12345 and i need this"

String2= "12345"

Is there a function or SAP module which search/replaces ?

I want to search in String1 for String2 and replace it/delete it.

ideas?

Re: ABAP search and replace possible ?

former_member189059 — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:08:34 GMT

replace all occurrences of string2 in string1 with ''.

Re: ABAP search and replace possible ?

former_member404244 — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:13:42 GMT

Hi,

use the statemnet

replace all occurrences

Regards,

Nagaraj

Re: ABAP search and replace possible ?

Former Member — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:19:08 GMT

Hi,

To search a character field for a particular pattern, use the SEARCH statement as follows:

SEARCH <c> FOR <str> <options>.

The statement searches the field <c> for <str> starting at position <n1>. If successful, the return code value of SY-SUBRC is set to 0 and SY-FDPOS is set to the offset of the string in the field <c>. Otherwise, SY-SUBRC is set to 4.

The search string <str> can have one of the following forms:

<str> - Function

<pattern> - Searches for <pattern> (any sequence of characters). Trailing blanks are ignored.

.<pattern>. - Searches for <pattern>. Trailing blanks are not ignored.

*<pattern> - A word ending with <pattern> is sought.

<pattern>* - Searches for a word starting with <pattern>.

Words are separated by blanks, commas, periods, semicolons, colons, question marks, exclamation marks, parentheses, slashes, plus signs, and equal signs.

<option> in the SEARCH FOR statement can be any of the following:

ABBREVIATED

Searches the field <c> for a word containing the string in <str>. The characters can be separated by other characters. The first letter of the word and the string <str> must be the same.

STARTING AT <n1>

Searches the field <c> for <str> starting at position <n1>. The result SY-FDPOS refers to the offset relative to <n1> and not to the start of the field.

ENDING AT <n2>

Searches the field <c> for <str> up to position <n2>.

AND MARK

If the search string is found, all the characters in the search string (and all the characters in between when using ABBREVIATED) are converted to upper case.

Ex.

DATA STRING(30) VALUE 'This is a little sentence.'.

WRITE: / 'Searched', 'SY-SUBRC', 'SY-FDPOS'.

ULINE /1(26).

SEARCH STRING FOR 'X'.

WRITE: / 'X', SY-SUBRC UNDER 'SY-SUBRC',

SY-FDPOS UNDER 'SY-FDPOS'

SEARCH STRING FOR 'itt '.

WRITE: / 'itt ', SY-SUBRC UNDER 'SY-SUBRC',

SY-FDPOS UNDER 'SY-FDPOS'.

SEARCH STRING FOR '.e .'.

WRITE: / '.e .', SY-SUBRC UNDER 'SY-SUBRC',

SY-FDPOS UNDER 'SY-FDPOS'.

SEARCH STRING FOR '*e'.

WRITE: / '*e ', SY-SUBRC UNDER 'SY-SUBRC',

SY-FDPOS UNDER 'SY-FDPOS'.

SEARCH STRING FOR 's*'.

WRITE: / 's* ', SY-SUBRC UNDER 'SY-SUBRC',

SY-FDPOS UNDER 'SY-FDPOS'.

Regards,

Bhaskar

Re: ABAP search and replace possible ?

Former Member — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:33:09 GMT

cONSIDER THE CODE BELOW, I hope it serves your purpose

data: string1(36),string2(5).

String1 = 'this is a test 12345 and i need this'.

String2 = '12345'.

*To replace '12345' with 'ABCDE'

replace all occurrences of string2 in string1 with 'ABCDE'.

WRITE:/ sTRING1.

*To delete 'ABCDE'

String2 = 'ABCDE'.

replace all occurrences of string2 in string1 with ''.

WRITE:/ sTRING1.

Reward points if useful, get back in case of query...

Cheers!!!