SAP ABAP Data Element FDLNG (Length of the string)
Hierarchy
SAP_HRRXX (Software Component) Sub component SAP_HRRXX of SAP_HR
   PY-US-RP-TR (Application Component) Tax Reporter
     P99US_TAX (Package) Human Resources: Cross-Country Objects US Tax Reporter
Basic Data
Data Element FDLNG
Short Description Length of the string  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type NUMC3    
Data Type NUMC   Character string with only digits 
Length 3    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 3    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
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Parameter ID   
Default Component name    
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 Strnglngth 
Medium 15 String length 
Long 20 Length of the string 
Heading Lth 
Documentation

Definition

Length of a field

Use

If not the whole field's value should be taken but just a certain part, you may define how long the content has to be which should be taken.

Example

The field P0006-STRAS contains '1015 Catamaran Street Westbound' and your only interested in the street's name, you define a length of 25 and receive '1015 Catamaran Street ' as result.

Supplementary Documentation - FDLNG 0001

Use

The length of the field to be output has to be specified.

Examples

In the tax form RES_TAX_SANWA 'Residence Tax Payment by Sanwa Bank', the second record ('data record') that has to be written to the data medium contains information different for each tax office.

This record carries
o on position 1 a '2' length 1
o on position 2 the municipal city code length 6
o on position 8 the city name length 15
...

Dependencies

History
Last changed by/on SAP  19971020 
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