CP

[Former Member]

Is this one of the correct syntax for CP ?.What would this do ?

kschl cp 'ZAD' or kschl cp 'ZDP'

[Former Member]

Just check whether this can help you.

CP (Contains Pattern)

The logical expression

<f1> CP <f2>

is true if <f1> matches the pattern <f2>. If <f2> is of type C, you can use the following wildcards in <f2>:

• for any character string: *

• for any single character: +

Trailing spaces are ignored and the comparison is not case-sensitive. If the comparison is true, the system field SY-FDPOS contains the offset of <f2> in <f1> . If it is false, SY-FDPOS contains the length of <f1>.

If you want to perform a comparison on a particular character in <f2>, place the escape character # in front of it. You can use the escape character # to specify

• characters in upper and lower case

• the wildcard character "" (enter:#)

• the wildcard character "" (enter: # )

• the escape symbol itself (enter: ## )

• blanks at the end of a string (enter: #___ )

'ABcde' CP 'b' true

'ABcde' CP '#b' false

[Former Member]

Hi Sarika,

Check this.

<i>CP (Contains Pattern):

The complete string c1 matches the pattern c2 (c1 "matches" c2).

The pattern c2 can contain ordinary characters and wildcards.

'*' stands for any character string and '+' denotes any character.

If the result of the comparison is positive, the system field SY-FDPOS contains the offset of the first character of c2 in c1. The wildcard character '*' at the beginning of the pattern c2 is ignored when determining the value of SY-FDPOS.

If the result of the comparison is negative, the system field SY-FDPOS contains the length of c1.

Examples:

'ABCDE' CP 'CD' is true; SY-FDPOS = 2.

'ABCDE' CP '*CD' is false; SY-FDPOS = 5.

'ABCDE' CP '+CD' is true; SY-FDPOS = 0.

'ABCDE' CP '+CD*' is false; SY-FDPOS = 5.

'ABCDE' CP 'BD*' is true; SY-FDPOS = 1.

The character '#' has a special meaning. It serves as an escape symbol and indicates that the very next character should be compared "exactly".

This allows you to search for:

- characters in upper or lower case

e.g.: c1 CP '#A#b'

- the wildcard characters '*', '+' themselves

e.g.: c1 CP '#' or c1 CP '#+*'

- the escape symbol itself

e.g.: c1 CP '##'

- blanks at the end of c1

e.g.: c1 CP '*# '

If c2 does not contain the wildcard character '*', the shorter field is padded with "soft blanks" to bring it up to the length of the longer field.

Examples:

'ABC' CP 'ABC ' is true,

'ABC ' CP 'ABC' is true,

but

'ABC' CP 'ABC+' is false,

'ABC' CP 'ABC# ' is false,

because a "soft blank" is neither any character ('+') nor a "real" blank ('# ').

The escape symbol does not affect the length of f2 ('A#a#B' still has the length 3).

The comparison is not case-sensitive.

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Regards,

Raghav