INVALID_FORMAT SAP ABAP Runtime Error invalid format

INVALID_FORMAT is an ABAP runtime error which you may come across when using or developing within an SAP system. See below for the standard details explaining what it means and how you can avoid or fix this runtime error.

Short Dump Classification: A - ABAP Programming Error

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INVALID_FORMAT ABAP Runtime Error

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The format specification is invalid. Check whether the format specification is syntactically correct. Note that the $ character has special meaning.

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The formatting of the match with the regular expression <runtime parameter> resulted in an error in character offset <runtime parameter>. This can be caused, for example, by syntactic errors in the format specification, or the access to non-existing sub-expressions of the regular expression.

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The format specification <runtime parameter> is invalid or cannot be processed in the context of the regular expression <runtime parameter>. The error occurred at character offset <runtime parameter>.