String Processsing

[chandan_kumar02]

What is the ABAP code to find the first n characters of a string?

Moderator Message: Very basic question. Please search before posting your question

Message was edited by: Suhas Saha

[tolga_polat]

search more pls. this is very basic you can find it with F1 ( help )

[RaymondGiuseppi]

Did you try to look at F1 help index on Abap source Editor or at a site like http://help.sap.com/abapdocu_731/en/abenabap.htm ?

Regards,

Raymond

[RaymondGiuseppi]

Processing Functions for Character-Like Arguments

[former_member217916]

Hi Chandan,

Just an Example:

str is a string variable.

<pattern> - search pattern

Statement to search for a pattern for the first n characters:

SEARCH str FOR <patter> ENDING AT n.

Please refer to http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/fc/eb33cc358411d1829f0000e829fbfe/content.htm

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Karan

[Former Member]

DATA : lv_string TYPE STRING VALUE 'ABCDEFGH IJKL',

       lv_find   TYPE STRING VALUE 'CD'.



  FIND LV_FIND IN LV_STRING.

  IF sy-subrc IS INITIAL.

    write : 'success'.

  else.

   write : 'failure'.

  ENDIF.

[chandan_kumar02]

Let me put my question more clearly,

Scenario:

There are two field-symbols containig strings :

<ls_record>-string  type C(1000)    and  <ls_descr>-description   type C(40)

and I am doing:

CONCATENATE <ls_record>-string   <ls_descr>-description INTO <ls_record>-string.

Here, I want to add the value of  <ls_descr>-description     to   <ls_record>-string    only after first 37th position of  <ls_record>-string. 

It doesn't matter for me, whether <ls_record>-string containing values till 37th or not. Values can be less than 37th position also. but I have to concatenate second string only after 37th position of first one.

[Former Member]

did you try this?

CONCATENATE <ls_record>-string+0(36) 

                            <ls_descr>-description

                            <ls_record>-string+37  INTO <ls_record>-string.

[arindam_m]

Hi,

Get the character length of first variable <ls_record>-string if its more than 37. Then offset and concatenate a blank character variable with just spaces say e.g.

DATA: var1(37) type c value space.

Then say strlen() gives value 20 in variable len where len is type i then

offset = 37 - len

CONCATENATE

<ls_record>-string

var1(offset)

<ls_descr>-description

INTO

<ls_record>-string RESPECTING BLANKS.

Cheers,

Arindam