defference about C and STRING type

[Former Member]

Hello Gurus,

C type and STRING type can all be used for string, what 's the difference?

Many thanks,

Frank

[Former Member]

with strings we can use following staements

SEARCH To search in a string

n REPLACE To replace the first occurrence of a string

n TRANSLATE To replace all specified characters

n SHIFT To shift a character at a time

n CONDENSE To remove spaces

n CONCATENATE To chain two or more strings together

n OVERLAY To overlay two strings

n SPLIT To split a string

cheers

[Sandra_Rossi]

please look at [sap documentation|http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/fc/eb2fd9358411d1829f0000e829fbfe/frameset.htm]

[Former Member]

Depending upon the requirement....Both of the Data type are of use.....Char you need for small variable that can contains Character only whereas String contains Alphanumeric Characters.

[Sandra_Rossi]

Do you say that C cannot contain numeric characters while STRINGS can ? No, you're WRONG. The only difference is that C can hold up to 65535 characters while strings can contain more, there are also some other little differences...

[Former Member]

with strings we can use following staements

SEARCH To search in a string

n REPLACE To replace the first occurrence of a string

n TRANSLATE To replace all specified characters

n SHIFT To shift a character at a time

n CONDENSE To remove spaces

n CONCATENATE To chain two or more strings together

n OVERLAY To overlay two strings

n SPLIT To split a string

cheers