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Issue with Inline Declaration Assignment

former_member207873 — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 09:12:05 GMT

Hi Experts,

Please find my below code.


DATA : PA_FY TYPE GJAHR.    " SUCCEEDING FINANCIAL YEAR.
DATA(PA_FY1) = PA_FY + 1.

**/-- FINANCIAL YEAR STARTING DATE

CONCATENATE PA_FY '04' '01' INTO DATA(FIN_STRT_DATE).

**/-- FINACIAL YEAR ENDING DATE

CONCATENATE PA_FY1 '03' '31' INTO DATA(FIN_END_DATE).

This code is returning error message .

"PA_FY1" must be character-type data object (data type C,N,D,T or string)

But if i declare 'PA_FY1' as

DATA(PA_FY1) TYPE GJAHR.

Then it wont throw any error message.

B.R.

Re: Issue with Inline Declaration Assignment

nomssi — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 10:24:10 GMT

Your statement

DATA(PA_FY1)= PA_FY +1.

is not valid because the type of the defined variable PA_FY1 cannot be determined from the left hand side of the term: PA_FY is character-like, 1 is a number. So which type should the compiler use? That is how the error message should be understood, I guess.

And you probably mean

DATA PA_FY1 TYPE GJAHR

DATA(PA_FY1)TYPE GJAHR.

is not valid ABAP.

JNN

Re: Issue with Inline Declaration Assignment

Sandra_Rossi — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 12:02:17 GMT

DATA(PA_FY1)= PA_FY +1.

The compiler determines the types as explained here: Calculation type

Based on the documentation: PA_FY being of type N, and 1 being an Integer, then the calculation type will be Packed (type P).

Consequently, PA_FY1 is also defined as type P.

If you comment the erroneous code, and if you debug, you'll be able to see the real type of PA_FY1.

Re: Issue with Inline Declaration Assignment

Sandra_Rossi — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 14:51:33 GMT

DATA(PA_FY1) = PA_FY + 1.

is a valid statement as of ABAP 7.40

The syntax error is probably for this line, because PA_FY1 is of type P :

CONCATENATE PA_FY1 '03' '31' INTO DATA(FIN_END_DATE).

Re: Issue with Inline Declaration Assignment

retired_member — Sat, 15 Oct 2016 12:40:06 GMT

Besides all the other correct answers here, think about using the CONV operator in order to enforce the correct type at operand positions. Then, you cannot use CONCATENATE but &&:

... = ... && CONV string( ... ) && ...

Horst

Re: Issue with Inline Declaration Assignment

raghug — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:05:46 GMT

Taking both Horst Keller's response and Sandra Rossi's into account, you could combine them and use the statement

DATA(PA_FY1) = CONV gjahr( PA_FY + 1 ).

This will force the data type gjahr onto PA_FY1.

Re: Issue with Inline Declaration Assignment

retired_member — Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:41:57 GMT

DATA(FIN_STRT_DATE) = CONV string( PA_FY1 ) && '04' && '01'.

FIN_STRT_DATE will have type string.