BRF+ return value ' ' space

[bjoern_rohde]

Hi dear community,

I have some trouble with a BRF+ task. I am looking for a solution to return a space " " as value for a single element.

Our use case:

We want to use BRF+ to generate a short text for materials with four BRF+elements

e.g. W_5_12_2

• Element 1: W
• Element 2: 5
• Element 3: 12
• Element 4: 2

This is already done, but now there are some special possibilities:

One or more elements can be empty, and so we have to return one or more spaces " " (without the quotes of course and I also tried it with ' ' and * *)

e.g. W_ _12_2

• Element 1: W
• Element 2: " "
• Element 3: 12
• Element 4: 2

1. I have tried to assign space value within a decision table

2. I have also tried to solve this with a workaround - Therefore I have created a formular with ' '. This solution only works if there are some digits infront. If the formular starts with a space, it won´t get returned.

3. I have tried to set a variable or a constant with a space value, but it automatically deletes all spaces.

Is there any possibility...a special string or something like that, to return a single space to an element?

And yes, the spaces are necessary to keep every digit on its regular position

Thank you very much in advance

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[Carlos_Idiaquez]

Hello Bjbjoern.rohdern,

You can try to concatenate your result with a FORMULA.

Inside the formula, you can create an IF condition, if the element is INITIAL then " ". This will give you the space you are searching.

I hope this solve your requierement, please dont forget to point.

Best Regards,

Carlos Idiaquez

[bjoern_rohde]

Hi Carlos, thank you very much. Meanwhile I did something similar (I put "*"instead of " " in all decision tables)
And at the end I have implemented a formular which exchange all "*" to " ".