pad a string with zeros ?

[Former Member]

Hello ABAP Experts,

How to pad a string with zeros.. is there a direct method i can use.

eg:

string length is 8

string is custnumb

value is 588

but i would like to see 00000588

please suggest.

[Former Member]

Hello ABAP Experts,

How to pad a string with zeros.. is there a direct method i can use.

eg:

string length is 8

string is custnumb

value is 588

but i would like to see 00000588

please suggest.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Use FM CONVERSION_EXIT_ALPHA_INPUT.

[RichHeilman]

You can simply move it to a TYPE n field also.

data: n(8) type n.
data: custnumb(8) type c value '588'.

n = custnumb.

custnumb = n.

Regards,

Rich Heilman