SAP ABAP Data Element FDOFF (Position of first character of a 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 FDOFF
Short Description Position of first character of a 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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No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 First pos 
Medium 15 First strng pos 
Long 21 First string psition 
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Documentation

Definition

Offset within the field

Use

If not the whole field's value should be taken but just a certain part, you may define at which position of the field the content starts whichshould be taken.

Example

The field DATE contains the value 01.01.1996 but your only interested in the month and year information, so you would start at offset 3 and receive 01.1996 as result.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  19960115 
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