Type casting decimal and char

[Former Member]

I have a column in a report that needs to display both char values and type p decimals 3 (dataelemet labst) values.

What type should I define the field so it can hold both values ( 1.01 or PASS)

[Former Member]

Rich

WRITE works to display it on the output. But i need to store it as a column for an ALV report and display it in ALV. It doesnt work there

[RichHeilman]

You should type it as CHAR, because if you try to pass PASS to a type p field, you will get an abap dump.

Regards,

Rich Heilman

[Former Member]

I tried to type it as char16. But then it does not display any values on the report. Just blanks and zeros.

wa_char_results-mean_value type labst
wa_zbdprt_alv-mean_value type char16
wa_zbdprt_alv-mean_value = wa_char_results-mean_value.

[RichHeilman]

When writing the numeric value to the field, please try doing this, this will apply the formatting.

write wa_char_results-mean_value to wa_zbdprt_alv-mean_value.

Regards,

RIch Heilman

[Former Member]

Before passing ,please condense the value and move it.

wa_char_results-mean_value type labst

wa_zbdprt_alv-mean_value type char16

Condese wa_char_results-mean_value.

wa_zbdprt_alv-mean_value = wa_char_results-mean_value.

Thanks

Seshu

[Former Member]

write wa_char_results-mean_value to wa_zbdprt_alv-mean_value. does not work

When I CONDENSE, it works but it does not give me consistent number of decimal places. I need 3 decimal places. How to accomplish this.

[RichHeilman]

Try making your character fields a little bigger. Like try 20 characters instead.

Then the WRITE may work a little better.

Regards,

Rich Heilman

[Former Member]

Hi,

Try this.

data: lv_test(6) type p decimals 3,

lv_test2(10) type c.

lv_test = 900 / 27.

lv_test2 = lv_test.

condense lv_test2.

If you debug this code, you will see the exact solution i think.

Regards,

Reward points

[RichHeilman]

For example this code works perfectly fine. No need to CONDENSE, just write the value to the field.

report zrich_0001 .


data:

    wa_char_results-mean_value type labst value '123456123.789',
    wa_zbdprt_alv-mean_value type char16.


write wa_char_results-mean_value to wa_zbdprt_alv-mean_value .


write:/ wa_zbdprt_alv-mean_value.

Regards,

RIch Heilman

[Former Member]

Rich

WRITE works to display it on the output. But i need to store it as a column for an ALV report and display it in ALV. It doesnt work there

[RichHeilman]

Oh boy, you didn't even try it did ya? the WRITE ... TO .... statement is used to write a value from one field to another and if required, apply formatting. So when you use the WRITE statement( the first one in my example above ) the system will write the value 123456123.789 to your character field like this. 123,456,123.789, now you can used this field(column) in your ALV, no problem, it will not write to the list display(the second WRITE in my examle above will, this was just for testing).

Regards,

Rich Heilman

[Former Member]

Rich

That worked!!!

I had tried the WRITE after your first post and it gave me the blank output which I used to get. Perhaps the program wasnt activated. But yeah you are right, no need to CONDENSE.

Thanks

[RichHeilman]

I wouldn't steer ya wrong.

Regards,

Rich Heilman