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Basic Data
Data Element | DMEE_CONV_NUMC |
Short Description | DMEE: Convert Character String to Numeric Character String |
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
Domain / Name of Reference Type | XFELD | |
Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
Length | 1 | |
Decimal Places | 0 | |
Output Length | 1 | |
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Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
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Field Label
Length | Field Label | |
Short | 0 | |
Medium | 0 | |
Long | 34 | Convert to Numeric Characters |
Heading | 0 |
Documentation
Definition
Means that the system converts a character string to a string of numeric characters. This conversion takes place internally: the string is converted from data type CHAR to data type NUMC, according to ABAP rules.
Difference between data types Character and Numeric
If your node content is to be numeric, you can define the node in two ways, depending on how you want to implement your requirement:
- You define the data type of your node as numeric.
- You define the data type of your node as character. In this case, you additionally assign a conversion rule that converts the string to numeric characters.
These methods produce different results only when the target field is shorter than the source field, as illustrated in the example below.
Example
Your source field has a length of 8 and its content is 'AB1234CD'. Your target field (an element) has a length of 4.
- If you define your node using method 1 above, the value is first transferred to an internal target field of length 4 and data type NUMC. According to ABAP rules for data type NUMC, the content is converted as follows:
'AB1234CD' --> '3400'
This means that the source value is cut off on the left. - If you define your node using method 2 above, the value is transferred to an internal target field of length 4 and data type CHAR. This results in the following conversion:
'AB1234CD ' --> 'AB12'
The conversion to numeric characters takes place in the second step:
'AB12' --> '0012'
This means that a conversion from the source value 'AB1234CD' results in either '3400' or '0012', depending on your node definition.
For more information, see data mapping.
History
Last changed by/on | SAP | 20010221 |
SAP Release Created in | 46C |