ABAP Keyword Documentation →  ABAP - Reference →  User Dialogs →  Classic Lists →  Create lists →  WRITE 

WRITE - Lines

When displaying a list using WRITE, the characters "-" and "|" are replaced by suitable line elements if they are output directly beside or above each other. Line elements are horizontal and vertical lines, corners, crosses, and T elements. Character replacement produces continuous lines. A stand-alone character "|" is always replaced by a vertical line. The replacement of characters with line elements depends on how the character is shown in the list and not on how it is defined in the list buffer. Consequently, the characters "-" and "|" can be linked to form a line in Unicode systems althout they are not direct neighbours in the list buffer.

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Notes

Data objects output whose characters "-" and "|" should be replaced by line elements may only contain blanks in addition to these characters. Otherwise, replacement with line elements cannot be guaranteed.