REPLACE ALL OCCURENCE ... warning message in Eclipse

[FredericGirod]

Hi,

I use this command:

    replace all occurences of ' ' in rv_temps with '0' in character mode.

(because I don't know enough regex)

but Eclipse give me a very interesting warning message :

Description	Resource	Path	Location	Type
Use OCCURRENCE(S), not OCCURENCE(S). OCCURENCE(S).	ZCL_CA_HEURE_CALCUL (Global Class)	[XXX] 

the statement works, but I don't like warning message. Do you have any idea ?

[chaouki_akir]

Spelling of the word OCCURRENCE : you use one 'R'. Warning asks you to use 2 'R'

occurences
occurrences

[FredericGirod]

🙂

I could read it one hundred times without see that 🙂

[Sandra_Rossi]

Your statement is not REGEX, the word REGEX is missing 😉

You may also use (for a regex):

rv_temps = replace( val = rv_temps regex = '...' with = '0' occ = 0 ).

(occ = 0 means all occurrences)

(NB: REPLACE function is slightly slower than REPLACE statement)

[michael_piesche]

Use OCCURRENCES instead of OCCURENCES (occuRRences vs. occuRences)

1. Wrong spelling of option OCCURRENCES in statement REPLACE only leads to syntax warning
2. Wrong spelling of option OCCURRENCES in statement FIND leads to syntax error

" correct spelling of option OCCURRENCES in statement FIND
FIND ALL OCCURRENCES OF ' ' IN rv_temps RESULTS rs.
" wrong spelling of option OCCURRENCES in statement FIND leads to syntax error
FIND ALL OCCURENCES OF ' ' IN rv_temps RESULTS rs.

" correct spelling of option OCCURRENCES in statement REPLACE
REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF ' ' IN rv_temps WITH '0' IN CHARACTER MODE.
" wrong spelling of option OCCURRENCES in statement REPLACE only leads to syntax warning
REPLACE ALL OCCURENCES OF ' ' IN rv_temps WITH '0' IN CHARACTER MODE.

[FredericGirod]

my sentence wasn't complete, I would like to say : I do not use REGEX because I don't know enough REGEX.

For the funny end of the story, I remove all this and replace by the old way (maybe R/2 way): complete field with 0

And strange things, the code compile with the error in OCCURENCES, but the ABAP UNIT gives me an fatal error with something about loop without end ...

I will try to replace it with a beautiful REGEX 🙂 Thanks Sandra

[FredericGirod]

the error was simple, I use a string, so no way to convert blank with 0

[former_member80669]

This is a well know spelling error in the ABAP language implementation.
The keyword was misspelled the keyword in an initial shipment.
As the correct version ( occurRences ) was only introduced later and customers had adopted the first variant, for compatibility reasons it could not be removed and both variants work currently.

However, SAP strongly suggest to use the 2nd correct version, thus the warning.

replace all occurences of ' ' in rv_temps with '0' in character mode.
replace all occurrences of ' ' in rv_temps with '0' in character mode.