keyword for Prefixing Materia No with zeros to get standard 18 digit format

[Former Member]

Hi all,

I have a requirement where I have to do prefix zeros to material number t o make it standard 18 digit format.

I am getting the value of MAT_NO from an XML file and it is 678. but I need to make it u2018000000000000000678u2019.

If my material no is u20181u2019 I need to make it u2018000000000000000001u2019

If my material no is u20184272323u2019 I need to make it u201800000000004272323u2019.

My material number is not constant and is dynamic and I need to make it to standard 18 digit format by prefixing with zeros.

Do we have a Key word in ABAP to achieve this?

Any help will be highly appreciated.

Regards,

Jessica Sam.

[Former Member]

This fm may help you

CONVERSION_EXIT_ALPHA_INPUT

[Former Member]

shift ur_matnr to right deleting trailing spaces.

overlay '000000000000000000'.

or

use FM of alpha_exit_output

or

just move ur_matnr to a numeric field, say numeric_matnr

then again move this numeric_matnr to ur_matnr (assuming ur_matnr is a CHAR field)

like there r many options.

thanq

[Former Member]

Hi,

Use: TYPE N

Data: w_matnr(18) type N.

w_matnr = Mat_no.

Write w_matnr.

If Mat_no = 20.

Output:0000000000000000020

Hope this resolves the problem.

Regards,

Gurpreet

[Former Member]

Solved..thanks for help ..I used following code and it helped.

Thanks to all people for immediate help

Data: a(18) TYPE n.


a = '56'.
CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERSION_EXIT_ALPHA_INPUT'
  EXPORTING
    input         = a
 IMPORTING
   OUTPUT        = a
          .
WRITE: a.