STRING_LENGTH_NEGATIVE SAP ABAP Runtime Error string length negative

STRING_LENGTH_NEGATIVE 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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STRING_LENGTH_NEGATIVE ABAP Runtime Error

To access a substring, always enter a positive length. Please see abap error for more details about the possible cause of this runtime error and how it could be avoided.

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Invalid access with negative length to a string Please see abap error for more details about the possible cause of this runtime error and how it could be avoided.

An attempt was made in program <runtime parameter> to access a part of a string using an explicitly specified length.
This length (<runtime parameter>) was negative however.
Access is not possible like this. Please see abap error for more details about the possible cause of this runtime error and how it could be avoided.