clarification needed on ASSIGN statement

[Former Member]

Hi ,

when i write " ASSIGN P0000-MASSN to <DATAIN>" the value of p0000-massn is being assigned to <datain>.

But when i did like below iam not getting.

concatenate 'P' '0000' '-' 'MASSN' into x.

assign x to <datain>.

now the value is not getting assigned . why?

[Former Member]

Hi sarika,

1. Use brackets ().

2.

assign (x) to <datain>.

regards,

amit m.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Use the following statement :

assign (x) to <datain>.

This will assign the value which is contained in x.

If you use assign x to <datain>, then x would be assigned to <datain>.

Hope this clarifies your doubt.

Regards,

Lalit

[Former Member]

Hi Sarika

Instead of the statement

assign x to <datain>.

Use this statement

assign (x) to <datain>.

This is done because when u concatenate 'X' will store only the string 'P0000-MASSN'. It does not actually point to the value of massn. By using the braces we are actually making the system look for the value stored in P0000-MASSN.

Thanks

Sharath.

[Former Member]

Hi sharath,

Thanks for ur immediate reply but it is not working. Can you suggest another way.

thanks.

SARIKA.

[Former Member]

Hi Sarika,

Check this sample program

REPORT test.

data:

x type char20,

p0000 type p0000.

field-symbols:

<fs> TYPE any.

p0000-massn = '01'.

write: p0000-massn.

concatenate 'P' '0000' '-' 'MASSN' into x.

ASSIGN (X) TO <fs>.

<fs> = '02'.

write: p0000-massn.

[Former Member]

Hey sharath,

Its working! great ! Thank you very much...

Sarika