Excel upload - # Character

[Former Member]

Hi,

I am using a program to upload a excel file and read the contents. One of the field in the excel has value ABC - XYZ, but, this field is read as ABC # XYZ in the program. I tried to use replace and all the class/methods of abap_char_util but its still not working.

In hex, the value of # is 23 right? But when executing the program, the value of ABC # XYZ has 96 for field # under hexadecimal value.

So what is this 96 hex value? Or how do we search or replace this # value? Pls help.

Thanks

Subha

[Former Member]

Try to implement following logic.

data: gt_data  type table of string.
 data: ls_data           type string.
 data: lt_data           type table of string.

Load the GT_DATA using GUI_UPLOAD from Excel.

call function 'GUI_UPLOAD'
    exporting
      filename                = lv_temp_file
      has_field_separator     = ' '
    tables
      data_tab                = gt_data
    exceptions
      file_open_error         = 1
      file_read_error         = 2
      no_batch                = 3
      gui_refuse_filetransfer = 4
      invalid_type            = 5
      no_authority            = 6
      unknown_error           = 7
      bad_data_format         = 8
      header_not_allowed      = 9
      separator_not_allowed   = 10
      header_too_long         = 11
      unknown_dp_error        = 12
      access_denied           = 13
      dp_out_of_memory        = 14
      disk_full               = 15
      dp_timeout              = 16
      others                  = 17.
  if sy-subrc <> 0.
    message id sy-msgid type sy-msgty number sy-msgno
            with sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
    gv_error = abap_true.
  endif.


loop  at gt_data into ls_data.

split ls_data at cl_abap_char_utilities=>horizontal_tab into table lt_data.

endloop.

by above code you will have each value with one record line in LT_DATA.

[Former Member]

I have resolved it myself. I converted the hex value 96 to string using method cl_abap_conv_in_ce->convert. Then used REPLACE the string(#) with - . This worked.

Thanks