Remove negative sign

[Former Member]

Hi Experts

I am getting a value in variable and that is negative. I am using

REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF '-' IN abtmnt WITH ''. But I am getting an error which states that:

"OCCURRENCES OF '-' IN ABTMNT" is not expected.

Can anyone tell me the reason for this error.

Regards

Vishal

[Former Member]

These <b>replace , translate , shift</b> all funcitons work for character type fields onli...

These wont work for fields other than character type fields..

Do one thing move that variable into a sufficient sized variable of type 'N', then u wont get any '-' sign there...!!

Try executing this sample code ,,,,,

data w_i type i value '-234'.

data w_n(4) type n.

move w_i to w_n.

write : / 'w_i', w_i, / 'w_n', w_n .

<b>****************************************

output : w_i -234

w_n 0234.

****************************************</b>

<b>reward points if it helps u...</b>

sai ramesh

[andreas_mann3]

Hi,

use fm PREPARE_STRING

or

write f1 to f2 no-sign.

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Andreas Mann

[Former Member]

Hi Andreas

Thanks for your response.

I am using:

data: abtmnt like konv-kwert,

abtmnt1 like konv-kwert.

write abtmnt to abtmnt1 no-sign.

The value in abtmnt is 1078.37- but what I am getting in

abtmnt1 is 13037382>3.33

I will appreciate if can give some idea why this is happening.

Regards

Vishal

[Former Member]

Hi vishal,

just execute this and check.

data: abtmnt like konv-kwert,

abtmnt1 like konv-kwert.

select single kwert from konv into abtmnt where kwert < 0.

write abtmnt .

write abtmnt no-sign.

WHy are u using write abtmnt to abtmnt1. u can eliminate the sign by just using no-sign.

reward if it helps.

keerthi.

[Former Member]

Hi Keerthi

Keerthi, I am assigning this abtmnt somewhat like this:

wa_item-abt_per_unit = abtmnt no-sign.

but I am getting this error.

%CODE1 Incorrect arithmetic or bit expression: Instead of "NO-SIGN", an operator (+, -, *, /, ... or BIT-AND, BIT-XOR, BIT-OR) was expe

Can you suggest something on this.

Regards

Vishal

[Former Member]

you cannot use no sign while assigning a field , you can only use that with write statement

move the amount to one charater field and use this FM

use this FM CLOI_PUT_SIGN_IN_FRONT

[Former Member]

use this

TRANSLATE  ABTMNT using '- '.

and if u want use REPLACE

REPLACE ALL OCCURRANCES OF '-' IN abtmnt WITH ' '.