Manipulation a sting in SAP ABAP very common in developing reports, programs, enhancements etc, SAP ABAP supports wide range of string manipulation, below are the list of keywords to manipulate strings.
| Keyword/Operation | Usage |
|---|---|
| CONCATENATE |
Can combine two strings to form a new string
CONCATENATE lv_string1 lv_string INTO lv_string3. |
| CONDENSE |
This will delete spaces between characters in a string/character string
CONDENCE lv_string. |
| STRLEN |
This is used to find the length of a string
length = STRLEN ( lv_string ). |
| REPLACE |
Using this we can replace some value in a string with other
DATA text TYPE string VALUE 'xxababcdcdxx'. REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF 'abcd' IN text WITH ''. |
| SEARCH |
can search a string
DATA: text TYPE string VALUE 'Roll over Beethoven'. SEARCH text FOR 'bth' ABBREVIATED. |
| SHIFT |
Used to move contents of a string to left or right
DATA: ALPHABET(15) VALUE ' ABCDEFGHIJ',
M1(4) VALUE 'ABCD',
M2(6) VALUE 'BJJCA '.
SHIFT ALPHABET LEFT DELETING LEADING M1.
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| SPLIT |
Used to split the contents of a field into two or more fields
DATA : LV_STRING TYPE STRING . "declaration for main string
DATA : LV_STRING1 TYPE STRING, "declaration for splitting string into
LV_STRING2 TYPE STRING, "declaration for splitting string into
LV_STRING3 TYPE STRING, "declaration for splitting string into
LV_STRING4 TYPE STRING. "declaration for splitting string into
LV_STRING = 'SPLIT ME AT SPACE'. "main string value
SPLIT LV_STRING AT ' ' INTO LV_STRING1 LV_STRING2 LV_STRING3 LV_STRING4. "split
the main string into specified fields at space
WRITE :/ LV_STRING1. "print split fields
WRITE :/ LV_STRING2.
WRITE :/ LV_STRING3.
WRITE :/ LV_STRING4.
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