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subrc= 4 in REPLACE keyword

SagarSontakke
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‎2008 Apr 23 4:37 PM

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Hi all,

I am getting subrc= 4 when executing following replace statement.

wa-tdline = '####'.

REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF '#' IN wa-tdline WITH space.

what will be the reason?

Regards,

SVS

Hi all,

I am getting subrc= 4 when executing following replace statement.

wa-tdline = '####'.

REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF '#' IN wa-tdline WITH space.

what will be the reason?

Regards,

SVS

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‎2008 Apr 23 4:40 PM

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sy-subrc Meaning
0 The specified section or subsequence was replaced by the content of new and the result is available in full in dobj. 
2 The specified section or subsequence was replaced in dobj by the contents of new and the result of the replacement was cut off to the right. 
*4 The subsequence in sub_string was not found in dobj in the template-based search.* 
8 The data objects sub_string or new contain double-byte characters that cannot be interpreted.

This explains.

It might be '####'. is a Tab. So you might have to use the CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES class.

It can be any of these.

CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES=>HORIZONTAL_TAB

CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES=>VERTICAL_TAB

CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES=>NEWLINE

CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES=>CR_LF

CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES=>FORM_FEED

CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES=>BACKSPACE

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