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Class for Handling Code Pages

The class CL_ABAP_CODEPAGE contains methods for converting the representation of cha5racter strings between different code pages.

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Example

Converts the content of a string into its UTF-8 representation.

DATA: str  TYPE string, 
      xstr TYPE xstring. 

xstr = cl_abap_codepage=>convert_to( 
  source      = str 
  codepage    = `UTF-8` ).