add 0 at left

[Former Member]

hi guys,

i need to fill a field with left 0s.

example.

data: num(10).

data: len type p,

data: n type n.

num = '12345'. " and i want '0000012345'

describe field num into len.

n = 10 - len.

shift num right by n places.

do n times.

replace space with '0' into num

enddo.

this will work, my problem is that describe field always give 10, and i need exactly the number of positions filled.

any ideas?

tks in advance

[JozsefSzikszai]

hi,

you can use STRLEN for determining the actual length of the string.

length = STRLEN( string ).

You can also use conversion exit for this: FM CONVERSION_EXIT_ALPHA_INPUT will fill the string with leading zeros (irrelevant how much you actually need)

hope this helps

ec

[Former Member]

Hello,

Define a character field of length 10.

Move the value of num field to this character field.

Pass this character field to the function module 'CONVERSION_EXIT_ALPHA_INPUT'

this will give you a 10 character string with the leading zeroes.

cheers,

Sushil Joshi

[Former Member]

Hi Javier,

Try the following.

data:

w_strln type i,

w_str1(10) type n,

w_places type i.

w_strln = strlen(w_str).

w_places = 10 - w_strln.

do w_places times.

concatenate '0' w_str into w_str1.

enddo.

Hope this helps you.

Regards,

Chandra Sekhar