adding zeros to a string

[Former Member]

Hi all,As you know mara-matnr field's lenght is 18 char, however in some cases the users do not fill all the length, for example they make it 15 char.

Here I need to add zeros at the beginning of the matnr, as it requires.

For instance, if the user has entered the matnr as 13 char: 1234567891234

then I need to make it as 000001234567891234..

How can I do it?

Thanks.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Use UNPACK matnr TO matnr.

Regards,

Raghavendra

[JozsefSzikszai]

hi Deniz,

use the FM CONVERSION_EXIT_MATN1_INPUT.

ec

[Former Member]

Hi,

use Fm,.

CONVERSION_EXIT_MATN1_INPUT

CALL FUNCTION 'CONVERSION_EXIT_MATN1_INPUT'

EXPORTING

input = zzmat

IMPORTING

output = zzmat.

Thanks.

[hymavathi_oruganti]

USE THE FUNCTION MODULE,

<b>conversion_exit_alpha_input.</b>

conversion_exit function modules are for the purpose of converting a fiedl from user format to sap format and vise versa. there are many conversion exit fn modules.

u can give converion_exit* in se37 and see many fn modules.

example: conversion_exit_alpha_output this is to convert from sap format to user format.

this means example in mara table the length of matnt would be 18. but if we give 1 value . it takes 0000000000...1. but the user needs the output as only 1. then we can use conversion_exit_alpha_input to convert from sap to user format.

conversion_exit_alpha_input cn be used viceversa.

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Hymavathi Oruganti

[Former Member]

hi try it like this

TRANSLATE temp1 USING ' 0'.

temp1 -> is the field name which one u want to fill '0'.

regards

baskaran

[former_member188827]

try

data zmatnr TYPE matnr value '123'.

data zch(18).

data zint type i.

data i TYPE i VALUE 1.

zint = 18 - strlen( zmatnr ).

WHILE i le zint.

CONCATENATE '0' zch into zch.

i = i + 1.

ENDWHILE.

CONCATENATE zch zmatnr into zch.

WRITE / zch.