concatenation problem

[Former Member]

Hi

I have four fields related with Documennt info record.

document type 3 char value "OSM"

document number 25 char value "G2345-1234"

document version 2 char "01"

docuemnt part 3 char "000"

I have to concatenate all these four field including space into another field (objkey) as follow.

objkey = "OSMG2345-1234 01000"

[Former Member]

<b>

concatenate document_type document_number version document_part into objkey.</b>

[Former Member]

concatenate document_type document_number into objkey1.

concatenate version document_part into objkey2.

concatenate objkey1 objkey2 into objkey separated by space.

[Former Member]

concatenate field1(document type) field2(document number) to fieldA.

Concatenate fieldA field3(docuemnt part ) into fieldB separeated by space.

[Former Member]

I want the output like

objkey = "OSMG2345-1234<15 spaces>01000"

because the width of Object number is 25 char

[Former Member]

use write statement :

Write: variable( document type) to fieldA.

Write: varible (document number) to fieldA+3(25).

Write: Variable (document version) to fieldA+28(2)

write :varible (docuemnt part) to FieldA+30(3).

[Former Member]

Hi,

Try this code.

Concatenate document type document number document version docuemnt part INTO objkey.

The main point is when you declaring you document number, please dont use documentnumber(25) TYPE c, but rather declare it as documentnumber TYPE (refer to the relevant table field name which contain 25 char).

Hopes it helps.

Thanks.

[Former Member]

Hi Amandeep,

Store it in a structure gs_dir (for Document Info Record).

begin of gs_dir,

doc_type ...

doc_number ..

version ...

part ...

end of gs_dir.

now store the value in this gs_dir, and wherever u want the concatenated value refer to gs_dir, which will have the value with sufficient number of spaces.

Pls award points and close the thread, if your Question is answered.

Rgds,

Prash >

[Former Member]

WRITE: doc_type TO objkey+0(3),

doc_nbr TO objkey+3(25),

doc_ver TO objkey+28(2),

doc_part TO objkey+30(3).

Otherwise, defining a structure with the 4 fields, as described above will be the best option.

Srinivas

[athavanraja]

if you want to preserve the whitspaces in concatenation dont use single quotes use `

for example.

data: output type string .

concatenate ' 1 2 ' '34 56 78 ' '9 .' into output .

clear output .

concatenate ` 1 2 ` `34 56 78 ` `9 .` into output .

Try this code and see the difference .

Regards

Raja