Calculating ( - ) field values.

[Former Member]

Hi,

I have declared fields BEWEG (Internal Movements) and netto (Net Volume) for a internal table. The data type of these fields is mseg-menge.

Sometimes when the value is negative like 578.000-, in internal table it stores as *8.00-.

It goes for dump when i try to do addition using this.

Why is that * coming in the value?

Is it because of lengh?

But for positve values, it works fine.

Ezhil.

[Former Member]

Hi,

can you please show the declaration of the fields.

regards, Dieter

Sorry i have seen mseg-menge.

Edited by: Dieter Gröhn on Nov 27, 2009 1:58 PM

[Former Member]

YPES: BEGIN OF ITEM,

werks1 LIKE T001L-WERKS,

LGORT1 LIKE T001L-LGORT,

zypom LIKE zys_mara-zypom,

lgobe1(50),

bukrs1 LIKE t001k-bukrs,

stloc LIKE zyt001l-zystloc,

flag LIKE zyt001l-zyflag,

zyfrb like zys_mara-zyfrb,

zyqua like zys_mara-zyqua,

anfang LIKE mard-labst,

prod LIKE mseg-menge, "MN210704

beweg LIKE mseg-menge, "MN210704

netto LIKE mseg-menge,

other LIKE mseg-menge,

adjust LIKE mseg-menge,

verk LIKE mseg-menge,

return LIKE mseg-menge,

end1 LIKE mard-vmlab,

diff LIKE mseg-menge,

zyppg like zys_mara-zyppg,

zytcd like zys_mara-zytcd,

zydt1 like zys_mara-zydt1,

zyfil Like zys_mara-zyfil,

zytyp like zys_mara-zytyp,

zymer like zys_mara-zymer,

add LIKE mseg-menge,

END OF ITEM.

[ThomasZloch]

MSEG-MENGE points to domain MENG13 which does not allow the negative sign. You should change the declaration to a field that allows negative values (e.g. MSKU-LABST which uses domain MENG13V).

Thomas

[Former Member]

Hi,

i have tried this and there are no problems.

data menge like mseg-menge.
*
menge = 578000.
*
write: / menge.
*
menge = menge * ( -1 ).
*
write: / menge.
*
add 1000000 to menge.
*
write: / menge.
*

Regards, Dieter

[SuhaSaha]

Hello Thomas,

I think if you read the F1 help for the "Sign" attribute of the domain. It says that:

If the flag is not set but the field contains negative values, problems might occur during screen output

I personally declare many amount fields as WRBTR & based on Debit/Credit indicator multiply with '-1'. May be i have been doing this incorrect all way wrong.

Plz clarify.

BR,

Suhas

[ThomasZloch]

I think you guys are right, this flags matters for screen output. But then it is a mystery to me how the OP is generating this problem.

Thomas

[Former Member]

Is the value is truncated when you select data from database table or when you are assigning values from some other internal tables ( Used earlier for data fetching ) to your items table.

you need to check data type of your other variables which you are using to pass data to your item internal table

[Former Member]

While fetching from database

[Clemenss]

Hi,

1. the negative values flag at domain level is relevant only for screen input/output.

2. I got used to write

menge = - menge.

what seems to me the fastest and most transparent way.

3. the only other way to create a dump might be a numeric overflow.

Regards,

Clemens