Can you define "single quote" character as a constant

[Former Member]

Hello all,

I want to do something like this:

CONSTANTS: q type c value ' .   " << thats a single quote character
DATA: final_string type string,
          VAL1(12) type c,
          VAL2(12) type c. 

concatenate q val1 '-' val2 q into final_string. . 

How can I define the single quote character as a constant?

Thanks

[SuhaSaha]

Hello Ed,

FAQ.

You can declare single quote as constant

If you are aware for single quote (') SAP uses an escape character which is the single quote itself('). Hence for every single quote you have to add an additional single quote.

CONSTANTS: q type c value ''''.

Suhas

[Former Member]

A more elegant and better looking way of declaring quotes

CONSTANTS: q type c value `'`.

Vikranth

[SuhaSaha]

Hello Vik,

If you read Rainer's blog on character v/s string processing,

' ' => character processing, ` ` => string processing.

I forgot about this Anyways i have even more elegant solution,

Declare ' as a text-symbol 😄

Suhas

[Former Member]

Yes.

A co-worker suggested this also ... shortly after I posted the question

I even got to do exactly what I wanted. like this:

data: q type char1. 
data: final_string type string, 
         val1 type string, 
         val2 type string. 

concatenate q val1 val2 q into final_string. 

Thanks to all for your replies.

[Former Member]

egads. I left off the most important part

I set

q = text-q01

[Former Member]

Hello Suhas,

could you give the URL to that blog of Rainer's? I haven't been able to find it.

Thanks,

Sebastian

[SuhaSaha]

Hello Seb,

There you are : [/people/rainer.hbenthal/blog/2009/09/22/strings-chars-and-traps|/people/rainer.hbenthal/blog/2009/09/22/strings-chars-and-traps]

Also check Rainer's blog on ALV - SOS.

BR,

Suhas