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Character String Templates, Number Formats

The example demonstrates the various number formats for embedded expressions.

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Source Code

    DATA: land   TYPE t005x-land,
          xdezp  TYPE t005x-xdezp,
          number TYPE p DECIMALS 2 VALUE '1234567.89'.

    DATA: BEGIN OF result,
            xdezp  TYPE string,
            format TYPE string,
          END OF result,
          results LIKE TABLE OF result.

    setup( ).

    SELECT land, xdezp
           FROM t005x
           WHERE land LIKE '@%'
           ORDER BY PRIMARY KEY
           INTO (@land,@xdezp).
      result-xdezp  = xdezp.
      result-format = |{ number COUNTRY = land }|.
      APPEND result TO results.
    ENDSELECT.

    teardown( ).

    cl_demo_output=>display( results ).

Description

A number is output in all possible country-specific number formats using parameter COUNTRY. For this purpose, in the setup and teardown help methods, temporary rows with the possible values of column XDEZP are inserted into database table T005X and are deleted again once they have been used.