EDIT MASK

[Former Member]

WHAT IS THE USE OF EDIT MASK STATEMENT

[Former Member]

HI,

see this

Effect

If a conversion routine is assigned to the data object dobj by refering to a domain in the ABAP Dictionary, two equals signs "==" precede the name of the conversion routine and the result is assigned to the data object mask. If no conversion routine is assigned to the data object, mask is initialized. A character-type data object is expected for mask.

Note

If a data object mask meets these requirements, you can use it in the addition USING EDIT MASK of the statement WRITE to call the conversion routine.

Example

Since the data element S_FLTIME in the ABAP Dictionary is associated with the conversion routine SDURA due to the domain S_DURA, msk contains the value "==SDURA" after DESCRIBE FIELD and the statement WRITE returns the value "5:33" after the conversion from seconds into minutes.

DATA: time TYPE s_fltime,

seconds TYPE i,

msk TYPE string.

DESCRIBE FIELD time EDIT MASK msk.

seconds = 333.

WRITE seconds USING EDIT MASK msk.

rgds,

bharat.

[varma_narayana]

Hi..

Using EDIT MASK is used in the WRITE statement to Change the Output format of the field as per the need.

For Eg :

DATA: T1 TYPE T VALUE '124050'.

WRITE: T1. "will display the time as 124050

WRITE :(8) T1 USING EDIT MASK '__:__:__' . "Will display as 12:40:50

We can also use this Option to enforce Conversion Exit on a Field .

DATA : VAR1(10) VALUE '123'.

WRITE:/ VAR1 USING EDIT MASK '==ALPHA'. "Will display like 0000000123

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