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Character String Processing in ABAP Release 7.40, SP02
1. New Formatting Option ALPHA
2. New Formatting Option XSD
3. Comparisons of String Expressions
4. Assignments of String Expressions
New Formatting Option ALPHA
The new formatting option ALPHA for
embedded expressions in
string templates inserts leading zeros in front of strings of digits or removes these zeros.
New Formatting Option XSD
The new formatting option XSD for
embedded expressions in
string templates creates their asXML format for elementary data types.
Comparisons of String Expressions
Comparisons of string expressions are now possible when the
comparison operator
BETWEEN. This was not previously the case.
Assignments of String Expressions
Exceptions raised in conversions can now be handled when making assignments of string expressions to target fields. This was not previously the case. Exceptions raised (for example, in assignments of non-numeric values to numeric data types or in overflows) can now be handled in the regular way.