need to delete characters

[Shahid]

is there any fm to delete characters in a variable.

for ex: v = 12a3.

result v = 123.

[matt]

No, you'll have to write one yourself.

TRANSLATE var TO UPPER CASE.
TRANSLATE var USING 'A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z '.
CONDENSE var NO-GAPS.

Or if you really want to ensure only numerics, scan the field character by character, replacing non-numerics with SPACE, then use CONDENSE as above.

matt

[Former Member]

Hi Shahid,

One more solution.

DATA V_STRING TYPE '12a3'.

DATA V_LENGTH TYPE I.

DATA V_COUNTER TYPE I.

V_LENGTH = STRLEN( V_STRING ).

DO V_LENGTH TIMES.

IF V_STRING+V_COUNTER(1) CA SY-ABCDE.

V_STRING+V_COUNTER(1) = SPACE.

ENDIF.

V_COUNTER = V_COUNTER + 1.

ENDDO.

CONDENSE V_STRING.

Thanks,

Vinay