Decimal values check

[Former Member]

Hi,

Given a string of character values, I get the values comprising of character values and also floating point values. eg 25.75 . The problem is the decimal value is not deciphered as a decimal but instead a character value. Could you please give me the name of the function module that would recognise the floating point value..

Thanks in advance....

[Former Member]

Hi sanjay,

1. Declare another variable

data : num type p decimals 2.

2. then just assign

num = mystring.

3. then use num in all your calculations.

4. eg (just copy paste in new program)

report abc.

data : mynum type p decimals 2.

data : mystr(15) type c.

mystr = '25.65'.

mynum = mystr.

mynum = mynum + 1.

write mynum.

regards,

amit m.

Message was edited by: Amit Mittal

[vinod_gunaware2]

Hi

Convert char to number and then compare.

regards

vinod

[hymavathi_oruganti]

declare a variable type p

and assign this vaue to that.

type casting will be done.

[Former Member]

Hi Sanjay,

Would you please be a little more specific about your requirement?

Still, from what I understand you want to convert the values stored ina character variable to a numeric value complete with the decimal places.

You can do so as follows:

DATA: WA_TMP TYPE P DECIMALS 2,
      WA_TXT(10) VALUE '24.54'.

WA_TMP = WA_TXT.
WRITE: WA_TMP.

This way you will be able to preserve the numbers after the decimal as well.

Hope this helps,

Regards,

Madhur

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[Former Member]

Hi Madhur,

eq 1) field xyz = 20.30.

2) field xyz = 'SAM_TEST' .

Thus xyz can have packed number or character value. If it is a packed number I can assign directly to any packed variable, However if it is 'SAM_TEST' value then i would have to search through another table and retrieve value for that string.

My problem is to find if xyz contains P value or character string.

Thanks in Adv

[Former Member]

Hi again,

1. we can check like this.

2.

REPORT abc.

PARAMETERS : mystr(15) TYPE c.

start-of-selection.

IF mystr CO '1234567890. '.

WRITE 😕 'OK'.

else.

WRITE 😕 'incorrect value'.

ENDIF.

regards,

amit m.

[venkata_ramisetti]

Hi,

Maey be you can write code like below.

if field CO '0123456789.'.(Need to check . can be put in '')

• it is charatcter

else.

• it is a number

endif.

Message was edited by: Ramakrishna Prasad

[Former Member]

Hi Sanjay,

You will have to parse the character variable character by character to determine if it contains any character field.

This can easily be achieved by the following code.

REPORT ZTMP.
DATA: WA_TMP TYPE P DECIMALS 2,
      WA_TXT(10) VALUE '35.56',
      WA_LTH TYPE I,
      WA_INDEX TYPE I VALUE 0,
      WA_INDC(1) VALUE ' '.

CONDENSE WA_TXT.
WA_LTH = STRLEN( WA_TXT ).

DO WA_LTH TIMES.
  IF WA_TXT+WA_INDEX(1) CO '0123456789.'.
    WA_INDC = 'X'.
  ELSE.
    WA_INDC = ' '.
    EXIT.
  ENDIF.
  WA_INDEX = WA_INDEX + 1.
ENDDO.

IF WA_INDC EQ ' '.
  WRITE: 'VARIABLE CONTAINS A STRING.'.
ELSE.
  WRITE: 'VARIABLE CONTAINS A PACKED DECIMAL.'.
ENDIF.

Using CO directly will not work.

Regards,

Madhur

• CORRECTION ***************

Sorry Sanjay,

I made a mistake here. Using CO directly will work if we include a SPACE " " character in our CO criteria. This would be as follows:

REPORT ZTMP .

DATA: WA_TMP TYPE P DECIMALS 2,
      WA_TXT(10) VALUE '35.57',
      WA_LTH TYPE I,
      WA_INDEX TYPE I VALUE 0,
      WA_INDC(1) VALUE ' '.

CONDENSE WA_TXT.

IF WA_TXT CO '0123456789. '. "This contains a space char.
  WRITE: 'VARIABLE CONTAINS A PACKED DECIMAL.'.
ELSE.
  WRITE: 'VARIABLE CONTAINS A STRING.'.
ENDIF.

Message was edited by: Madhur Chopra

Message was edited by: Madhur Chopra

[Former Member]

Hi again,

To remind.

1. IF mystr CO '1234567890. '.

there is a SPACE after the . (DOT)

2. If we do not give space,

it won't work.

3. its like this.

IF mystr CO '1234567890.@'.

where @ = SPACE

regards,

amit m.

[Former Member]

hi ,

you can just use.

data : typ(1).
  describe field xyz type typ.
 

typ contains C if character and P if it is packed.

regards

satesh

[Former Member]

Hi Amit,

Yes, I just realised out that SPACE was necessary for this to work since its a character field defined with the specified length. If this length is not completely filled up, it will contains spaces and hence not work.

I made the necessary corrections to my post.

Thanks!

Regards,

Madhur

[Former Member]

Hi Satesh,

Sanjay's requirement is to know the content of the variable. His variable XYZ is of type C, and can contain either a string or a decimal number. In case its a Decimal No. he wants to move it into another variable of type Packed Decimal.

Regards,

Madhur

[Former Member]

hi madhur,

then i think this will do..

 parameters : c(10) type c.

data : c1(10) , p type p decimals 2.
<b> if c ca sy-abcde.</b>
  c1 = c.
   write : c1.
 else.
  p = c.
   write : p.
 endif.

regards

satesh

[Former Member]

hi again,

1. did your problem get solved ?

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regards,

amit m.

regards,

amit m.