How to assign a space like ' ' to a field symbol

[Former Member]

Hi experts,

I want to assign a space to a field symbol, so just to make the field not to be null. I coded as below, but I keep getting dump. Am I missing anyting or assign a space to field symbol is not possible.

   FIELD-SYMBOLS: <fs1>.

  <fs1> = ' '.
  UNASSIGN <fs1>.

Thanks in advance.

[Former Member]

Can you create a constant field and assign that?

Neal

[Former Member]

I  tried this and didn't work

[Former Member]

HI

The field-symbol is a pointer, so you need to assign a variable to it, if this variable is blank, the field-symbol will be blank too

Max

[Former Member]

Yeah I tried this as well and it didn't work

[Former Member]

Hi

DATA L_SPACE(1) TYPE C.

FIELD-SYMBOLS: <FS1> TYPE ANY.

ASSIGN L_SPACE TO <FS1>.

It works.

Max

[Former Member]

Hi Blue,

You want to assign.

ASSIGN space to <fs1>.

Thanks,

Kiran

[Former Member]

Hi Kiran,

Thank you and it works without giving me dump. But the ultimate problem I want to fix still there, see the screen shot below, there is a very narrow empty column between first and second column, I don't want it, but I am not sure how to get rid of it, seems ASSIGN space to <fs1> doesn't help.

[Former Member]

Hi Blue,

How you are getting this output, is it in ALV grid. can you paste the relevant code.

[nabheetscn]

What mechanism are you using to display output.

Nabheet

[Former Member]

Hi Kiran,

This is a dynamic ALV, the displays columns depends on the user input.

I think the problem happens if there is no data value or null data value in the cells of second column, then that little narrow columns appears. I tested, it all the cells under second column have data, then the little narrow column won't display.

Here is part of the code:

      READ TABLE t_alldata WITH KEY quotdate = wa_alldata-quotdate
                                        quotname = gw_dyn_fcat-fieldname INTO wa_alldata1.
          IF sy-subrc = 0." and NOT wa_alldata1-pricequot is INITIAL.
           
            ASSIGN COMPONENT gw_dyn_fcat-fieldname OF STRUCTURE <gfs_line> TO <fs1>.
           
            if NOT wa_alldata1-pricequot is INITIAL.             
              PERFORM FORMAT_DECIMAL USING wa_alldata1-pricequot CHANGING prc.
              <fs1> = prc.
             
            else.
              ASSIGN space to <fs1>.
            endif.
           
            UNASSIGN <fs1>.
            flgref = 0.
          ENDIF.
          CLEAR : wa_alldata1.

[Former Member]

this is a Dynamic ALV