String Functions

[Former Member]

Hi ,

How many string functions are available in SAP ? Can you give names and uses

Kumar

[Former Member]

hi Kumar,

Here are those

String Operations

Concatenate

Split

Shift

Replace

Translate

Offset

String length

String comparision

Concatenate

data : a(10),b(10),c(10),d(40).

A = ‘Apple’. B = ‘Orange’. C = ‘Banana’.

Concatenate A B C into D.

Write:/ d.

Concatenate A B C into D separated by ‘/’.

Write:/ d.

Split

data : a(10),b(10),c(10),d(40).

D = ‘Apple/Orange/Banana’.

Split d at ‘/’ into a b c.

Write:/ a

/ b,

/ c.

Shift

Data : a(6) value ‘ABCDEF’.

Shift a.(by default shifts to left by one place)

write: / a. BCDEF

A = ‘ABCDEF’.

Shift a by 2 places.

Write:/ a. CDEF

Data : a(6) value ‘ABCDEF’.

Shift a right.

Write:/ a. ABCDE

A = ‘ABCDEF’.

Shift a right by 2 places.

Write:/ a. ABCD

Data : a(6) value ‘ABCDEF’.

Shift a up to ‘C’. Write:/ a. CDEF

a = ‘ABCDEF’.

Shift a circular. Write:/ a. BCDEFA

Replace

Data p(6) value ‘ABCABC’.

Replace ‘ABC’ with ‘DEF’ into p.

Write:/ p. DEFABC

(Replaces first occurrence only)

Translate

Data p(11) ‘ABC ABC ABC’.

Translate p using ‘ADBECF’.

WRITE:/ P. DEF DEF DEF

Offset

Data p(6) value ‘ABCDEF’, q(3).

q = p+2(3).

Write 😕 q. CDE

q = p+0(1).

Write:/ q. A

String Length.

Data: a(50) value ‘PQRPQRPQRXYZ’,

b type i.

b = strlen( a ). 15

String Comparison

Contains any ‘ca’

Contains only ‘co’

Contains string ‘cs’ and

Contains pattern ‘cp’.

Contains any (ca) [ case sensitive ]

If ‘SAP’ ca ‘ABAP/4’.

Write:/ ‘True’.

Else.

Write:/ ‘False’.

Endif.

True

Contains only (co) [ case sensitive ]

If ‘SAP’ co ‘ABAP/4’.

Write:/ ‘True’.

Else.

Write:/ ‘False’.

Endif.

False

Contains string (cs) [ not case sensitive ]

If ‘ABAP/4’ cs ‘Ab’.

Write:/ ‘True’.

Else.

Write:/ ‘False’.

Endif.

True

Contains pattern (cp) [ not case sensitive ]

If ‘ABAP/4’ cp ‘*aP++’.

Write:/ ‘True’.

Else.

Write:/ ‘False’.

Endif.

True

Regards,

Santosh