concatenation - space

[Former Member]

Hello all,

I am concatenating something like this -

condense l_bstkd.

concatenate '~'
                   l_bstkd
                   '~' into ltext.

The sample result of the above would look like

ltext = _xyz.

My requirement now is let us say l_bstkd is blank. In this case the above will result in l_text = ~~.

But I need a space between ~'s when l_bstkd is blank so that l_text = ~ ~.

Suggestions please

[Former Member]

Hello all,

I am concatenating something like this -

condense l_bstkd.

concatenate '~'
                   l_bstkd
                   '~' into ltext.

The sample result of the above would look like

ltext = _xyz.

My requirement now is let us say l_bstkd is blank. In this case the above will result in l_text = ~~.

But I need a space between ~'s when l_bstkd is blank so that l_text = ~ ~.

Suggestions please

[Former Member]

Hi,

Try this..

IF l_bstkd IS INITIAL.

concatenate '~'

'~' into ltext SEPARATED BY SPACE.

ELSE.

concatenate '~'

l_bstkd

'~' into ltext.

ENDIF.

Thanks,

Naren

[Former Member]

Hi,

thanks for the reply. I know we could do something like this. but my problem is I have like 7 char fields which I am concatenating. I think its impractical to apply your logic to handle all the 7 char fields.

what do you think?

[Former Member]

after concatenation you can write statemnet like this

Replace '~_{' with '} ~' in <string name>

[Former Member]

you need to check

if l_bstkd is initial

concatenate '~'

l_bstkd

'~' into ltext seperated by space.

endif.

[RichHeilman]

I know, it does look very good, but it should work.

condense l_bstkd.

if l_bstkd is initial.
ltext = '~ ~'.
else.
concatenate '~'
                   l_bstkd
                   '~' into ltext.
endif.

Regards,

RIch Heilman

[Former Member]

folks,

actually I am concatenating total 7 char fields into ltext. how to handle all the 7 char fields at the same time.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Okay..Do this..

After the concatenate..

CONCATENATE '~'... ~' into L_TEXT.

IF L_text = '~~'.

L_text = '~ ~'.

ENDIF.

Thanks,

Naren