Formatting Options

You can use various formatting options with the WRITE statement.

Syntax

WRITE.... <f> <option>.

Formatting options for all data types

Option

Purpose

LEFT-JUSTIFIED

Output is left-justified.

CENTERED

Output is centered.

RIGHT-JUSTIFIED

Output is right-justified.

UNDER <g>

Output starts directly under the field <g>.

NO-GAP

The blank after the field <f> is omitted.

USING EDIT MASK <m>

Specifies a format template <m>.

USING NO EDIT MASK

Deactivates a format template specified in the ABAP Dictionary.

NO-ZERO

If a field contains only zeros, these are replaced by blanks. For type C and N fields, leading zeros are replaced automatically.

 

Formatting options for numeric fields

Option

Purpose

NO-SIGN

The leading sign is not output.

DECIMALS <d>

<d> defines the number of digits after the decimal point.

EXPONENT <e>

In type F fields, the exponent is defined in <e>.

ROUND <r>

Type P fields are multiplied by 10**(-r) and then rounded.

CURRENCY <c>

Format according to currency <c> in table TCURX.

UNIT <u>

The number of decimal places is fixed according to the unit <u> specified in table T006 for type P fields.

 

Formatting options for date fields

Option

Purpose

DD/MM/YY

Separators as defined in user’s master record

MM/DD/YY

Separators as defined in user’s master record

DD/MM/YYYY

Separators as defined in user’s master record

MM/DD/YYYY

Separators as defined in user’s master record

DDMMYY

No separators.

MMDDYY

No separators.

YYMMDD

No separators.

 

For more detailed information on formatting options and the exclusion principles within some of these options, see the keyword documentation of the WRITE statement.

Below are some examples of formatting options. For more examples, see the section Creating Complex Lists. The decimal character and thousands separators (period or comma) of numeric fields are defined in the user’s master record

ABAP code

Screen output

DATA: G(5) VALUE 'Hello',
F(5) VALUE 'Dolly'.

WRITE: G, F.

WRITE: /10 G,
/ F UNDER G.

WRITE: / G NO-GAP, F.


Hello Dolly

Hello
Dolly

HelloDolly

DATA TIME TYPE T VALUE '154633'.

WRITE: TIME,
/(8) TIME USING EDIT MASK '__:__:__'.

 

154633
15:46:33

WRITE: '000123',
/ '000123' NO-ZERO.

000123
123

DATA FLOAT TYPE F VALUE '123456789.0'.

WRITE FLOAT EXPONENT 3.

 

123456.789E+03

DATA PACK TYPE P VALUE '123.456'
DECIMALS 3.

WRITE PACK DECIMALS 2.

WRITE: / PACK ROUND -2,
/ PACK ROUND -1,
/ PACK ROUND 1,
/ PACK ROUND 2.


123.46

12,345.600
1,234.560
12.346
1.235

WRITE: SY-DATUM,
/ SY-DATUM YYMMDD.

06/27/1995
950627

 

Apart from the formatting options shown in the above tables, you can also use the formatting options of the FORMAT statement. These options allow you to specify the intensity and color of your output. For further information about this, see The FORMAT Statement.