Change Variable Type P to STRING but with thousand separators

Question

Dear all,
I am no specialist (in abap/bsp).
I have a variable 'number' type p decimals 0.
I need that 'number' converted to a string but with the thousand separators.
Is there a function available?
Is is possible to give this function the desired character as a thousand separator?
E.g.
Character '.'  for German Number Format
Character ',' for US Number Format.
Thank you in advance for help.
Rewarding Points for helpful answers guaranteed.
Philipp

Answer 1

Hi Philipp,
I have written a report for you.
Just copy & paste the below code in your report.
Try changing the num variable in the report and see the result.
DATA: num TYPE p DECIMALS 0,
      de_str TYPE string,
      en_str TYPE string.
DATA: temp_str TYPE string,
      str_len TYPE i,
      count TYPE i,
      index TYPE i,
      sub_str TYPE string,
      sub_str_len TYPE string.
num = 1234567890.
temp_str = num.
str_len = STRLEN( temp_str ).
str_len = str_len - 1.
IF str_len >= 3.
  count = str_len DIV 3.
  index = 0.
  DO count TIMES.
    sub_str_len = ( count ) * 3.
    count = count - 1.
    index = str_len - sub_str_len.
    IF index < 3.
      sub_str_len = index.
      index = 0.
    ELSE.
      sub_str_len = 3.
      index = index - sub_str_len.
    ENDIF.
    IF index NE 0 OR sub_str_len NE 0.
      sub_str = temp_str+index(sub_str_len).
      CONCATENATE de_str sub_str '.' INTO de_str.
      CONCATENATE en_str sub_str ',' INTO en_str.
    ENDIF.
  ENDDO.
  index = str_len - 3.
  sub_str = temp_str+index(3).
  CONCATENATE de_str sub_str ',' '000' INTO de_str.
  CONCATENATE en_str sub_str '.' '000' INTO en_str.
ELSE.
  sub_str = temp_str+0(str_len).
  CONCATENATE de_str sub_str ',' '000' INTO de_str.
  CONCATENATE en_str sub_str '.' '000' INTO en_str.
ENDIF.
WRITE:  temp_str,
       / de_str,
       / en_str.
Hope it helps you.
Regards,
Maheswaran B
I have done a small change. Try it now!
        Maheswaran B
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