What is the regular expression for T1234567893 in SAP?

[Former Member]

Hi,

I would like to search for   T1234567893 in a string with FIND ALL OCCURENCES OF REGEX....

T never change but the following 10 digits do.

I have tried this and it didnt work: T*[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]

Thanks.

[FredericGirod]

Hi Maria,

and what about   CP  :

Covers Pattern: True, if the content of operand1 fits the pattern in operand2. Wildcard characters can be used to create the operand2 pattern, where "*" represents any character string (including a blank string) and "+" represents any character. It is not case-sensitive. Trailing blanks in the left operand are respected. If the comparison is true, sy-fdpos contains the offset of operand2 in operand1, whereby leading wildcard characters "*" in operand2 are ignored if operand2 also contains other characters. If the comparison is false, sy-fdpos contains the length of operand1. You can select characters in operand2 for a direct comparison by adding the escape symbol"#" before the required characters. For characters flagged in this way in operand2, the operator is case-sensitive. Also, wildcard characters and the escape symbol are not subject to special handling and trailing blanks are relevant.

regards

Fred

[raymond_giuseppi]

Execute report RS_SIC_REGEX_CHECK, try with string "AAAT123456BB" and regex "T[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]" or "T[0-9]{6}", then read its source.

Regards,

Raymond

[hendrik_brandes]

Hello Maria,

I would try to use this pattern:

T([0-9]{10})

Try it with the report DEMO_REGEX_TOY:

When using this expression you should also replace the numer-part with something else.

Kind regards,

Hendrik

[raymond_giuseppi]

I was not aware of this report RS_SIC_REGEX_CHECK screen is less attractive...

[Former Member]

DEMO_REGEX_TOY is the best way to learn regular expressions in ABAP.

I would like to mention an alternative to get the match.

Expression (T\d{10}) would match T1234567893 and give same thing as submatch, whereas T(\d{10}) would match T1234567893, and return submatch as 1234567893.

Parenthesis ( ) are used to get enclosed part of pattern as submatch.

Curly brackets { } are used to specify the number of occurrences. Patterns [0-9][0-9][0-9],  \d\d\d , \d{3} are same.