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TAB characteristic

Former Member

‎07-15-2008 11:37 AM

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Hi,

I spliting a string at tab delimiter.

For tab delimiter I have declared variables as follows:

DATA:

c1. " Holds Tab Character.

FIELD-SYMBOLS: <f>.

FIELD-SYMBOLS:<delimiter> TYPE c1.

DATA: del(4) TYPE x VALUE '09'

Assign del to <delimiter> casting.

WRITE <delimiter> TO c1.

but in c1 i am getting 2 charaters as 'squarebox#'

I need only #.

Y is it so.

Can help me on this

3 REPLIES 3

Former Member

‎07-15-2008 11:41 AM

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hi

i checked it and its working fine.

Aditya

Former Member

‎07-15-2008 11:42 AM

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hi,

When i executed the code it works fine for me i am getting a single '#' itself...

Regards,

Santosh

Former Member

‎07-15-2008 11:52 AM

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If ur working in 6.1o or above then try this:

DATA:

c1. " Holds Tab Character.

FIELD-SYMBOLS: <f>.

FIELD-SYMBOLS:<delimiter> TYPE c1.

DATA: del type char1 value CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES=>HORIZONTAL_TAB.

Assign del to <delimiter> casting.

WRITE <delimiter> TO c1.

Regards,

Joy.