Converting cstring to xstring

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What is cstring & Xstring ?

how to do the conversion ?

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cstring character string type and

xstring hexadecimal string type.

CALL FUNCTION 'SCMS_STRING_TO_XSTRING'
EXPORTING
text = output     " variable type string
IMPORTING
buffer = outputx. " variable type xstring

Regards,

Lalit Mohan Gupta.

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Thanks all...

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data: w_char type string,               " Character String .Dynamic Length
         w_hex type Xstring ,              " Hexadecimal String.DYnamic Length
      w_int type i.
    w_hex = 'ABC021343'.
  w_char = w_hex.                " Conversion From Hex to Char
 w_int = w_hex.                    "  Conversion From Hex to INT
 write :/ w_int.
 write : w_char.

[Check Conversion Rules|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_webas620/helpdata/en/fc/eb3434358411d1829f0000e829fbfe/content.htm]

Regards,

Gurpreet

[awin_prabhu]

In STRING used for character strings

XSTRING used for byte strings

Try, FM 'EHSB_LBLS_TEXT_CONVERT_XSTRING' for character string to hex string.