Concatenate

[Former Member]

Hi all

I have to do a CONCATENATE with some string.

The problem is that if one of this is space, this one doesn't appear in concatenated string, but I want it.

Any solution?

thanks

enzo

[Former Member]

Hello Enzo,

there is no real good solution, but, if possible, translate the space to e.g. '_', CONCATENATE, and translate it back.

BTW.: Kernel 7.0 will have a "PRESERVING SPACE" extension for CONCATENATE.

If you find my answer useful, please don't forget the reward.

Regards,

Juergen

[Former Member]

Check the following thread...

Don't forget to reward

[former_member225448]

Hello Enzo,

there is no real good solution, but, if possible, translate the space to e.g. '_', CONCATENATE, and translate it back.

BTW.: Kernel 7.0 will have a "PRESERVING SPACE" extension for CONCATENATE.

If you find my answer useful, please don't forget the reward.

Regards,

Juergen

[Former Member]

Hi,

The CONCATENATE statement combines two or more separate strings into one.

CONCATENATE <c1> ... <cn> INTO <c> [SEPARATED BY <s>].

This statement concatenates the character fields <c1> to <cn> and assigns the result to <c>. The system ignores spaces at the end of the individual source strings.

The addition SEPARATED BY <s> allows you to specify a character field <s> which is placed in its defined length between the individual fields.

If the result fits into <c>, SY-SUBRC is set to 0. However, if the result has to be truncated, SY-SUBRC is set to 4.

DATA: C1(10) VALUE 'Sum',

C2(3) VALUE 'mer',

C3(5) VALUE 'holi ',

C4(10) VALUE 'day',

C5(30),

SEP(3) VALUE ' - '.

CONCATENATE C1 C2 C3 C4 INTO C5.

WRITE C5.

CONCATENATE C1 C2 C3 C4 INTO C5 SEPARATED BY SEP.

WRITE / C5.

Output:

Summerholiday

Sum - mer - holi - day

In C1 to C5, the trailing blanks are ignored. The separator SEP retains them.

Hope it helps u.

Thanks&Regards,

Ruthra

[Former Member]

EX:

DATA : S1 TYPE STRING VALUE 'ABC 123',

S2 TYPE STRING VALUE 'DEF 888',

S3 TYPE STRING VALUE ' '.

CONCATENATE S1 S2 INTO S3 SEPARATED BY ' '.

WRITE:/ S3.