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Syntax Error

Former Member — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:34:53 GMT

Hi we are upgrading to Ecc 6 from 4.6 and have the following Syntax error.

The Error is - "HT" must be a character-type data object (data type C, N, D, T or STRING)

data declaration,

DATA: BEGIN OF ht,

x(1) TYPE x VALUE '09',

END OF ht.

DATA: BEGIN OF itab1x,

condition_id(10) TYPE c,

change_date(10) TYPE c.

DATA: END OF itab1x.

DATA: BEGIN OF itab1 OCCURS 0,

condition_id(10) TYPE c,

change_date(10) TYPE c.

DATA: END OF itab1.

the error is at,

SPLIT fieldy AT ht INTO

itab1x-condition_id

itab1x-change_date.

MOVE-CORRESPONDING itab1x TO itab1.

APPEND itab1.

ANy Suggestions please.

Thanks,

Raju..

Re: Syntax Error

Former Member — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:36:41 GMT

you should try writing ht in quotes like 'ht' try it once

Re: Syntax Error

Former Member — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:39:00 GMT

hi ,

it will not allow the type x check it and let me know..

regards,

venkat.

Re: Syntax Error

Former Member — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:42:08 GMT

You can't use the type x variable because of the unicode in ECC.

What is the real value of '09'? You could replace it with a method in cl_abap_char_utilities?

I also heard there's a type CVALUE to define chars the same way you did it with variable x, try it that way, I'm also in 4.6 and can´t check it

Re: Syntax Error

Former Member — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:55:18 GMT

ANy More suggestions.

I am still Unable to get this.

If this dosent work what would be an alternative for this.

Raju.

Re: Syntax Error

matt — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:00:58 GMT

Have you tried:

SPLIT fieldy AT CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES=>HORIZONTAL_TAB INTO itab1x-condition_id itab1x-change_date.

matt

Re: Syntax Error

Former Member — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:02:25 GMT

Hi,

Check the following link:

http://www.sap-img.com/abap/doubt-in-unicode-enabling.htm

Regards,

Bhaskar

Re: Syntax Error

Former Member — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:22:58 GMT

Thanks Matthew,

What would be the data Declaration for this.

I see you didnt use ht in the split statement.

Thanks,

Raju.

Re: Syntax Error

Former Member — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:56:30 GMT

Any More Suggestions.

Raju...

Re: Syntax Error

Former Member — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:00:09 GMT

try declaring x as type xstring

But matthew's suggestion is the right way to do it in ECC, it should work

Edited by: Ramiro Escamilla on Feb 25, 2008 5:00 PM

Re: Syntax Error

matt — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:04:12 GMT

You don't need a declaration, you use CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES=>HORIZONTAL_TAB precisely as I've stated.

matt

Re: Syntax Error

Former Member — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:07:02 GMT

Thanks All.

Thanks Matthew. The problem is solved but I am still wondering where are we splitting now and how does the statement you have specified works.

Thanks,

Raju.

Re: Syntax Error

matt — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:53:45 GMT

You're splitting at the horizontal tab character represented in hex as x09. You can reference any public constant (a_constant) of some class (cl_class) using the following syntax:

cl_class=>a_constant. It's standard ABAP syntax.

In this case you are accessing the constant public attribute HORIZONTAL_TAB of class CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES. This constant was provided specifically by SAP to address the fact that in a unicode system you can't use the "ht" approach you tried anymore.

If you look at class CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES, you'll see useful methods, and other attributes you can use; e.g. NEWLINE.

matt