Checking if a value is supported for a given type

[Former Member]

Hello Experts,

I have a value of Type string. e.g. 2.3

I want to check if this value can be of type p in ABAP.

My idea is to move 2.3 to type p and catch an exception if 2.3 or any other value cannot be converted to p.

Can someone please give me an insight how to implement this?

Thanks,

Nitish.

[SuhaSaha]

Check this code snippet:

PARAMETERS: p_string TYPE string.

DATA: v_pack TYPE p DECIMALS 2.

DATA: error_ref TYPE REF TO cx_sy_conversion_no_number,
     err_text TYPE string.

TRY .
    MOVE p_string TO v_pack.
    WRITE v_pack.
  CATCH cx_sy_conversion_no_number INTO error_ref.
    err_text = error_ref->get_text( ).
    WRITE err_text.
ENDTRY.

BR,

Suhas