Issue in removing garbage values from string in class

[Former Member]

Hi Experts,

I am facing some problem while reading XML attachment in class CL_DOCUMENT_BCS.

While reading contents_hex values I am getting garbage values like '0000000000000' at end of string.

I tried to convert the xstring values to string

and those values became '################################' .

But couldn't remove same using all standard process.

like

1) REPLACE all occurrences of '##' IN:

       lv_string WITH '  ' .

2) TRANSLATE lv_string  using  '##   '.

However if I copy same string to normal SE38 editor and apply above mentioned approach it works.

I searched relevant issues posted but couldn't find concrete solution for same.

[Former Member]

Hi Experts,

I am facing some problem while reading XML attachment in class CL_DOCUMENT_BCS.

While reading contents_hex values I am getting garbage values like '0000000000000' at end of string.

I tried to convert the xstring values to string

and those values became '################################' .

But couldn't remove same using all standard process.

like

1) REPLACE all occurrences of '##' IN:

       lv_string WITH '  ' .

2) TRANSLATE lv_string  using  '##   '.

However if I copy same string to normal SE38 editor and apply above mentioned approach it works.

I searched relevant issues posted but couldn't find concrete solution for same.

[former_member185613]

Hi Sandeep,

Since it is the end of string, new line or horizontal tab is appearing as '#' values. Try the below code and see if it helps,

REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF cl_abap_char_utilities=>CR_LF IN lv_string WITH space.

Regards,

~Athreya

[Former Member]

Hi Athreya,

I have tried all below mentioned approach already.

REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF cl_abap_char_utilities=>horizontal_tab IN lv_string WITH space.

   CONDENSE lv_string.

   REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF cl_abap_char_utilities=>newline IN lv_string WITH space.

   CONDENSE lv_string.

   REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF cl_abap_char_utilities=>cr_lf IN lv_string WITH space.

   CONDENSE lv_string.

  REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF  cl_abap_char_utilities=>vertical_tab IN lv_string WITH space.

   CONDENSE lv_string.

none of them removed the garbage values.

Regards,

Sandeep

[Former Member]

Hi Sandeep,

Try to use the method xstring_to_solix in CL_DOCUMENT_BCS to convert the xstring into string.Apply the replace occurance rule and try.

Regards,

Kannan

[Former Member]

Hi Kannan,

Thnx for your reply.

But as I mentioned in my question I am getting this xstring by reading contents_hex values, which is a solix table only.

[matt]

Go into debug and find out the hex values of the # characters.

[Former Member]

Hi Mathew,

They are appearing as '0000000000000'. As I mentioned in my question.

Regards,

Sandeep

[matt]

Right, so that is the hex value. This document explains how to remove the nulls.

[Former Member]

Thnx a lot Matthew. It worked. However I am still clueless why Replace of all occurrence didn't work.

[matt]

Because when you type # in the abap editor, that is 0x23 which isn't the same as the null char, 0x00.

[Private_Member_7726]

Hi,

I'm glad you got the solution already, but if the correct attachment size (not including the hex nulls padded to the last entry of solix_tab, in other words) is known, I'd use CL_BCS_CONVERT=>SOLIX_TO_XSTRING( ).

cheers

Jānis

[former_member272826]

Hi, maybe for someone will be interesting also this simple approach to remove this "garbage" character from string:

method remove_garbage_character.
  data lv_white_characters type string.
  lv_white_characters = cl_abap_char_utilities=>get_simple_spaces_for_cur_cp( ).
  data: lv_lenght type i,
        lv_i type i value 0.
  lv_lenght = strlen( lv_white_characters ).
  while lv_i < lv_lenght.
    replace all occurrences of lv_white_characters+lv_i(1) in cv_string with ''.
    lv_i = lv_i + 1.
  endwhile.
endmethod.

CV_STRING is Changing parameter - TYPE String.

Enjoy, Z