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MOVE & WRITE & =

Former Member — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:39:51 GMT

Hi Experts,

I transfer the data from variable to other, just like that, either by using MOVE, WRITE, = etc.

But, am curiuos that, Wht is correct/ideal for transfer?

Say,

1 - Wanna to transfer the data from my_CHAR1_variable to my_CHAR2_variable? Is it MOVE or WRITE or = ?

2 - Wanna to transfer the data from my_QUANT_variable to my_QUANT_variable? Is it MOVE or WRITE or = ?

3 - Wanna to transfer the data from my_INTEGER_variable to my_INTEGER_variable? Is it MOVE or WRITE or = ?

4 - Wanna to transfer the data from my_P_type_variable to my_P_type_variable? Is it MOVE or WRITE or = ?

5- Basically, Wht is the difference btwn MOVE & WRITE?

thanq

Re: MOVE & WRITE & =

Former Member — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:46:41 GMT

All your 4 transfers can be achieved using MOVE.

You use WRITE when you want to write amounts with specific to certain currency.

WRITE AMT TO AMT1 CURRENCY WAERS.

Rest, you can check the documentation.

Thanks,

SKJ

Re: MOVE & WRITE & =

Former Member — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:48:05 GMT

WRITE TO statement takes care of formatting the data in destination format.

For example

WRITE my_date to my_date_chars.

will format the my_date contents in my_date_chars formats. Check the documentaion WRITE TO for more details.

MOVE is '=' are same, they just assign the content of the operand source to the data object destination

Do read the documentation for more details.

Thanks

Romit

Re: MOVE & WRITE & =

Former Member — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:50:35 GMT

Hi,

Refer the below thread...

Regards,

Chithra

Re: MOVE & WRITE & =

former_member156446 — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:51:07 GMT

MOVE & WRITE?

move will blindly move the contant to other field.. immaterial of format and data element..

write will send data to anther variable in a format you wanted...

Re: MOVE & WRITE & =

Former Member — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:52:33 GMT

1 - Wanna to transfer the data from my_CHAR1_variable to my_CHAR2_variable? Is it MOVE or WRITE or = ? =

2 - Wanna to transfer the data from my_QUANT_variable to my_QUANT_variable? Is it MOVE or WRITE or = ? =

3 - Wanna to transfer the data from my_INTEGER_variable to my_INTEGER_variable? Is it MOVE or WRITE or = ? =

4 - Wanna to transfer the data from my_P_type_variable to my_P_type_variable? Is it MOVE or WRITE or = ? =

5- Basically, Wht is the difference btwn MOVE & WRITE?

MOVE source {TO|?TO} destination.

destination {=|?=} source.

Effect

Both these statements assign the content of the operand source to the data object destination. The variants with the addition TO or the assignment operator = are valid for all assignments between operands that are not reference variables, and for assignments between reference variables for which the static type of source is more specific than or the same as the static type of destination (narrowing cast).

Variants with the addition ?TO or the assignment operator ?= (casting operator) must be used if the source and destination are reference variables and the static type of source is more general than the static type of destination (down cast). For assignments between operands that are not reference variables, use of the question mark ? is not permitted.

The data object destination can be any data object that can be listed at a write position, and the data object source can be a data object, a predefined function or a functional method (as of release 6.10). The data type of the data object destination must either be compatible with the data type of source, or it must be possible to convert the content of source into the data type of destination according to one of the conversion rules.

WRITE {source|(source_name)} TO destination

[int_format_options].

Effect:

This statement assigns the formatted content of the data object source, or the formatted content of the data object whose name is contained in source_name, to the data object destination. The data objects source_name and destination must be character type and flat. source_name can contain the name of the data object to be assigned in upper or lower case. If the data object specified in source_name does not exist, the assignment is not executed, and sy-subrc is set to 4.

The statement WRITE TO has the same effect as the statement WRITE for lists. This statement formats the content of source or the source field specified in source_name as described in the field. It does not, however, store the result in an output area of a list in the list buffer, but instead stores it in a variable. The output length is determined by the length of the variable.