SAP script.

[Former Member]

Hi All.

pls explain this code.

Its from SAP script (Edit text)

&j_1iexcdtl-maktx&,,&j_1iexcdtl-Chapid(12)&,,&MENGE1(13)&

Eg: Chapid(12)&,,&,,&MENGE1(13)& what is use of (12) and (13) after symbol?

Pls explain me,

Reward all helpful answers.

Regards.

Jay

[Former Member]

hi,

The menge has length of 13 and 3 decimals....

The quantity fields should not exceed the length so we are restriciting the length

Regards,

priya

Edited by: Banupriya R on Apr 18, 2008 7:47 AM

Edited by: Banupriya R on Apr 18, 2008 7:49 AM

[Former Member]

Hello Jay,

The number written in ( ) indicates the length of that field

and also ,, indicates one tab space in the output.

Hope its Useful..

Regards,

Kota

[Former Member]

Hi,

(12) and (13) is the maximum length that is assigned to the value of both fields.

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[Former Member]

Hi Jay @ ,

This is the table for Excise duty availed on a material.i.e if a Material contains some Excise duties then this table comes into Picture, and about (12),(13) is the lenght of the field,

i.e

Chapid(12) means chapter id of material and in output it should only display 12 charecters

&MENGE1(13)& means this field in output ,it displays only 13 charecters.

(12) describes Length of that field at output.

if u change it to Chapid(11) then then at output i can see only 11 charecters of that field.

Hope this solves u r problem.

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Thanks and regards,

Rajesh.

[AjayJangid]

Depending on the source, the value of a symbol comes from, they can be categorized as follows:

- SYSTEM symbols

- PROGRAM symbols

- STANDARD symbols

- TEXT symbols

FORMATTING of the symbol can be done in following different ways:

&SYMBOL+ 4& = Off set

&SYMBOL(5)& = Length

&SYMBOL(I)& = If the symbol is initial, output nothing

&SYMBOL(Z)& = Suppress leading zeros

&SYMBOL(C)& = Compress blanks

&SYMBOL(R)& = Right-justified output

&SYMBOL(S)& = Suppress +/- sign

&SYMBOL(5,2)& = Decimal place formatting

&SYMBOL(E3)& = Exponential notation

&’text1’SYMBOL’text2’& = Concatenation of symbol and text

Examples :

1. If

data : v_alfa(9) type c default '123456789'.

then

&V_ALFA(5)& will print 12345

&V_ALFA+5(4)& will print 6789

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Ajay Jangid

IBM India Pvt. Ltd.