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Posted on Dec 04, 2007 at 08:00 AM 45 Views

Hi,

Cosider the following scenario:

I have filename stored in <b>l_file</b> (type string)

I want to determine if the last four chararcters are <b>.xls</b>

How do i proceed after i determine the length with strlen( l_file ). ???

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  • author's profile photo Former Member
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    Posted on Dec 04, 2007 at 08:03 AM
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    Hi,

    Hi use CS operator in the if condition.

    eg if l_file cs '.xls'.

    endif

    regards,

    Santosh Thorat

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    Posted on Dec 04, 2007 at 08:04 AM
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    Hi,

    if string length = 10.

    data pos type i.
pos = strlen - 4.
last_four = i_file+pos(4).

    Regards,

    Satish

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    Posted on Dec 04, 2007 at 08:07 AM
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    data: l type i.

    l = strlen( l_file ) - 5.

    if l_file+l(3) = '.xls'.

    endif.

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    Posted on Dec 04, 2007 at 08:07 AM
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    Hi,

    Split into 2 strings at '.' using split statement then copmare second string if it .xls or not

    SPLIT f AT g INTO h1 ... hn.

    Regards,

    Prashant

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    Posted on Dec 04, 2007 at 08:08 AM
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    Hi,

    You can try the below logic instead of STRLEN.

    SPLIT filename AT '.' INTO file1 extension.

    if extension = 'xls'.

    Proceed further.

    endif.

    If you want to use STRLEN.

    flen = STRLEN(filename).

    flen = flen - 5.

    exten = filename + flen(4).

    if exten = '.xls'.

    xxxxxxxxx

    endif.

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    • Matthew Billingham
      Dec 04, 2007 at 08:32 AM

      SPLIT and CS are nice ideas, but won't work with all strings. E.g.

      mymalformedfilename1.xlsxyz - will pass with CS, but shouldn't.

      mymalformedfilename2.xls.xls - will fail with SPLIT, but shouldn't.

      Also, strlen with STRING types includes any following spaces, so they need to be removed first using condense.

      How about this?

      PERFORM check_xls USING: `x.xls`,
                         `mymalformedfilename1.xlsxyz`,
                         `mymalformedfilename2.xls.xls`.

*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
*&      Form  check_xls
*&---------------------------------------------------------------------*
FORM check_xls USING i_fn TYPE string.

  DATA: l_fn  TYPE string,
        l_len TYPE i.

  WRITE: / i_fn.

  l_fn = i_fn.
  CONDENSE l_fn.
  TRANSLATE l_fn TO UPPER CASE.

  l_len = STRLEN( l_fn ).
  SUBTRACT 4 FROM l_len.

  IF l_fn+l_len(4) EQ '.XLS'.
    WRITE: / 'Is valid'.
  ELSE.
    WRITE: / 'Is not valid'.
  ENDIF.

ENDFORM.

      matt

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    Posted on Dec 04, 2007 at 08:56 AM
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    DATA F(20) VALUE 'file.xls'.

    SEARCH F FOR '.xls' .

    sy-subrc will be zero as <b>.xls</b> is found.

    also sy-fdpos contains the offset.

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