SAP CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES OO Class - Utilities for Processing Characters
CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES is a standard SAP object class available within R/3 SAP systems depending on your version and release level. You can view/maintain the class details by entering its name into the relevant SAP transactions such as SE24, SE80 or even SE84. Below is the documentation available for class CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES including details of:
- Interface class implementations
- Inheritance details
- Methods defined within class ( including link to full details )
- Attributes ( including initial values )
- Class Events
Method list of CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES SAP class
A method is a coding block that performs a certain procedure (i.e. ABAP functionality) on an object within the overall SAP class. In simple terms if the object is an SAP database table a method could be the procedure to add a record or to delete a record. If you are new to OO in many respects, the implementation of a method is similar to a function module and can be called in a very similar way using CALL METHOD.
Instead of "CALL FUNCTION", Methods are referenced using the following syntax: CALL METHOD =>methodname EXPORTING/IMPORTING...
Method Name | Description | Visability |
CLASS_CONSTRUCTOR | Class Constructor | Public |
CALL METHOD cl_abap_char_utilities=>CLASS_CONSTRUCTOR...more details | ||
ENDIAN_TO_NUMBER_FORMAT | Number Format Determined for Byte Sequence | Public |
CALL METHOD cl_abap_char_utilities=>ENDIAN_TO_NUMBER_FORMAT...more details | ||
GET_SIMPLE_SPACES_FOR_CUR_CP | Returns a String with White-Space Characters | Public |
CALL METHOD cl_abap_char_utilities=>GET_SIMPLE_SPACES_FOR_CUR_CP...more details | ||
NUMBER_FORMAT_TO_ENDIAN | Number Format Determined for Byte Sequence | Public |
CALL METHOD cl_abap_char_utilities=>NUMBER_FORMAT_TO_ENDIAN...more details |
CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES attributes
List of attributes within class CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES. These can be referenced using the following syntax CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES=>. Although depending on where you are inserting the ABAP code you do need to check if the attribute is public or private.
Name | Level | Description | Initial Value | Type | Visability |
BACKSPACE | Constant | Backspace Character | %_BACKSPACE | LIKE ABAP_CHAR1 | Public |
BYTE_ORDER_MARK_BIG | Constant | Unicode - Big Endian | 'FEFF' | LIKE ABAP_BYTE_ORDER_MARK | Public |
BYTE_ORDER_MARK_LITTLE | Constant | Unicode - Little Endian | 'FFFE' | LIKE ABAP_BYTE_ORDER_MARK | Public |
BYTE_ORDER_MARK_UTF8 | Constant | UTF-8 Representation of FEFF | 'EFBBBF' | LIKE ABAP_BYTE_ORDER_UTF8 | Public |
CHARSIZE | Constant | Character Length in Bytes | %_CHARSIZE | LIKE I | Public |
CR_LF | Constant | 'Carriage Return and Line Feed' Character Pair | %_CR_LF | LIKE ABAP_CR_LF | Public |
ENDIAN | Constant | Byte Sequence of Application Server | %_ENDIAN | LIKE ABAP_ENDIAN | Public |
FORM_FEED | Constant | 'Page Break Character' | %_FORMFEED | LIKE ABAP_CHAR1 | Public |
HORIZONTAL_TAB | Constant | 'Horizontal Tab Stop' Character | %_HORIZONTAL_TAB | LIKE ABAP_CHAR1 | Public |
MAXCHAR | Constant | Maximum Possible Value | %_MAXCHAR | LIKE ABAP_CHAR1 | Public |
MINCHAR | Constant | Minimum Possible Value | %_MINCHAR | LIKE ABAP_CHAR1 | Public |
NEWLINE | Constant | 'New | %_NEWLINE | LIKE ABAP_CHAR1 | Public |
SPACE_STR | Static Attribute | String with Whitespace Characters | LIKE STRING | Private | |
SPACE_STR_LANGU | Static Attribute | Language ID for SPACE_STR | LIKE LANGU | Private | |
VERTICAL_TAB | Constant | 'Vertical Tab Stop' Character | %_VERTICAL_TAB | LIKE ABAP_CHAR1 | Public |
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