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Class with Utilities for String Processing

The class CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES provides attributes and methods as utilities for string processing.

The components of this class are all static and public. The attributes are read-only and are initialized in the class constructor. Details about the attributes and methods of this class are described in Class Builder.

Example

The following rows demonstrate that attributes of the class CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES containing control characters can be replaced by a representation of the control characters in a string template .

ASSERT cl_abap_char_utilities=>newline        = |\n|.
ASSERT cl_abap_char_utilities=>horizontal_tab = |\t|.
ASSERT cl_abap_char_utilities=>cr_lf          = |\r\n|.