checking length of variable

[Former Member]

i hav got a requirement where i get character varaible( but it wil be a number) as input and i am required to check if its a 8 digit or 9 digit number, according to which i need to select data from diff tables.

how can i go abt this?

[Former Member]

Hi balaji,

DESCRIBE FIELD <f> [LENGTH <l>] [TYPE <t> [COMPONENTS <n>]]

[OUTPUT-LENGTH <o>] [DECIMALS <d>]

[EDIT MASK <m>] [HELP-ID <h>].

DATA: float TYPE f,

out TYPE i,

len TYPE i.

DESCRIBE FIELD float LENGTH len OUTPUT-LENGTH out.

Reward if useful!

[Former Member]

Hi,

Use code as below :

data : len type i, amt(13).

amt = '11223429'.

len = strlen( amt ).

If len eq 8.

select .............

elseif len eq 9.

select.............

endif.

Regards,

Sandeep Kaushik

[Former Member]

Use the following code.

data: len type i.

len = strlen( that input field ).

Kishi.

[Former Member]

Hi,

u can do like this.

data:num(3),var(10) value 'name'.

num = strlen( var ).

write:/ num.

rgds,

bharat.

[Former Member]

Hi Balaji,

Calculate its length using STRLEN . This might help u in knowing the the no of disgits.

Hope this is useful to u.

Rewards points if useful.

Regrds,

Vijayakumar V

[Former Member]

hi,

1 .declare the variable 'X' of type string.

2. assign len = strlren(X) where len is of type i.

then u can chk the variable len to get the length of th variabke.

Regards,

viji

[Former Member]

data  : field1  type   (string /c/n/i )  ,
          field2  type  n  .  

field2 = Strlen(field1) .

so that the <b>field2</b> will have lenght of the<b> field1</b> .

reward points if it is usefull ..

Girish