Doubt in TEXT file(.ASCII)

Hi Xpertz
I have a little doubt on text file .Normally in .CSV we r separting the particulat field with boxes .wher is ascii how can we seperate values .i mean with commas or spaces or any other option.
say suppose i have 4 value each value is having lenagt up to 10 chars
a b c
reddXXXXXX ssffsfsfsf jskjksjsksjk
how ca we separete the above values if say suppose under a we r having only 8 but its lenth is 10 ....??
Thanx in advance
Regards
R M K
NO need to say good answers will get points *****
null

Hi,
ASCII is normal tab separator, every field is like in separate columns, and for this you have to specify in datasource tab of transfer roules the exaxt number of digit ov every field, and is generally in .txt format.
You obtain this format when you save an MS-Excel file in .prn format (one of the last possibilities).
About Separator for thousand and Decimal Points you have to define it due to the values that you use in your file, for example you can use ',' fordecimal place, so you have to define this character for decimal place.
About conversion routine you have to keep-off this flag if you not have particular conversion routine.
Regards
Pavan Prakhya

Similar Messages

Read text file (ASCII), tab separated

how to read contens of text file (ASCII), tab separated in a report.

hi kailash,
                To read contents of text files (Ascii) use GUI_UPLOAD function.
GUI_UPLOAD - this FM will Upload the Data of a text File to ITAB.
Please see below the code for it.It is very simple ,plz go through it.
In the code when u call the function GUI_UPLOAD just mention the file type as 'ASCII' as done below.
pls do reward if useful.
Thanks.
types: begin of ttab,
       f1(25) type c,
       f2(10) type c,
       f3(10) type c,
       end of ttab.
data: itab type table of ttab with header line.
data: file_str type string.
parameters: p_file type localfile.
at selection-screen on value-request for p_file.
call function 'KD_GET_FILENAME_ON_F4'
    EXPORTING
      static    = 'X'
    CHANGING
      file_name = p_file.
start-of-selection.
file_str = p_file.
CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_UPLOAD'
    EXPORTING
      FILENAME                      = file_str
    FILETYPE                      = 'ASC'
   HAS_FIELD_SEPARATOR           = 'X'
HEADER_LENGTH                 = 0
READ_BY_LINE                  = 'X'
DAT_MODE                      = ' '
CODEPAGE                      = ' '
IGNORE_CERR                   = ABAP_TRUE
REPLACEMENT                   = '#'
CHECK_BOM                     = ' '
VIRUS_SCAN_PROFILE            =
IMPORTING
FILELENGTH                    =
HEADER                        =
    TABLES
      DATA_TAB                      = itab
   EXCEPTIONS
     FILE_OPEN_ERROR               = 1
     FILE_READ_ERROR               = 2
     NO_BATCH                      = 3
     GUI_REFUSE_FILETRANSFER       = 4
     INVALID_TYPE                  = 5
     NO_AUTHORITY                  = 6
     UNKNOWN_ERROR                 = 7
     BAD_DATA_FORMAT               = 8
     HEADER_NOT_ALLOWED            = 9
     SEPARATOR_NOT_ALLOWED         = 10
     HEADER_TOO_LONG               = 11
     UNKNOWN_DP_ERROR              = 12
     ACCESS_DENIED                 = 13
     DP_OUT_OF_MEMORY              = 14
     DISK_FULL                     = 15
     DP_TIMEOUT                    = 16
     OTHERS                        = 17.
*IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
        WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
*ENDIF.
Loop at itab.
    write : / itab-f1,itab-f2,itab-f3.
endloop.

Create text file (ASCII), tab separated and load in sap (transaction al11)

hi..
i need to create a text file (ASCII), tab separated in sap which can be viewed in transaction AL11.
thank you.

Hi kailashl,
Do intend to create a tab delimited file through program. or is it that you wish to diretly place the file on the application server.
PS: if you wish to place the file which you have on the application server from presentation you use the tcode CG3Z, you need to give the source file path on the front end and target path on the application.
If you wish to write the file onto the app server using program that you can do using dataset. and for tab delimited u can use CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES=>HORIZONTAL_TAB.
PS: Award points ONLY if the solution was useful to you.

How to load a text file (ASCII) into a TS string variable?

I need to load a ASCII file into a TS string variable for subsequent processing. I tried the SecuenceBuilder DLL (in the examples directory) but it seems that this DLL has a bug. Some text files are not loaded properly. I have also tried the kernel32 functions (openfile, createfile, readfile ... ) handling them as a C program, but with no success. The property loader feature of TS is not the suitable solution for me, because I would have to modify all my text files to include some specific fields (step name, variables, starmarker ...). Doy you know an alternative procedure to load text files or any DLL that implements what I look for ? Any help would be grateful. Cesar ([email protected])

Hi Cesar,
I don't know if you have found a solution, but attached is a DLL built in VC that will read the text out of a file into a TestStand variable. The attached sequence file \SequenceFile1.seq contains a step type that is set to call the DLL responsible for reading the file. It reads the file specified under Step.FilePath and stores the data in Step.ReadData. Please let me know if this works for you. I have attached the source as well.
Regards,
Bob
Attachments:
ReadFile.zip ‏3628 KB

How to print a text file with pagebreak.......

hi to all,
i am new in java and i want to do print a text file with page break. that text file is converted from html view page with help of htmlconveter class and i want to set page break in the text file.ASCII 12 is not work properly.its not break a page in proper manner.plz reply soon.

hi to all,
i am new in java and i want to do print a text file with page break. that text file is converted from html view page with help of htmlconveter class and i want to set page break in the text file.ASCII 12 is not work properly.its not break a page in proper manner.plz reply soon.

Attaching Text file and sending mail

Hi all,
          I am trying to attach a text file (ASCII file) and send using mail.
          I am not able to get proper data in attachement.Can anyone suggest me which type should i use
          to get the data in proper format.
          i was using RAW file. I found we dont have specific Text format.
         Its possible for XLS format, i need only text file to be attached.
Thanks,
Rajesh
Edited by: rajesh pattnaik on Apr 16, 2009 3:03 PM

Hi,
After bringing your final alv data in the final internal table,
go through this link , i also had an same requirement to send data after converting to excel file and
send it as an attachment to mail id outside Sap,
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/wiki?path=/display/abap/to%252bsend%252b2%252bint%252btables%252bdata%252bas%252btwo%252battachments%252bto%252bmail%252bid%252boutside%252bsap%252bsystem
I did this object and it was working fine using that function module.
Hope it helps
Regrds
Mansi

Making an ASCII file into a text file

Hi-
I am trying to read the lines of an ASCII file as Strings and write them to a new text file. Eventually I will modify the info in the lines, but for now I'm just trying to get the flow from one file to another. I can't figure out how to write a String to a new file. Below is the code that I've written so far, followed by the error that i get when I run it (it compiles fine). One problem I see is that FileWriters are made to write characters, but I want to write Strings to a new file. How do I get around this?
import java.io.*;
import java.lang.*;
import java.util.*;
class Delimiter {
public static void main (String[] args) throws IOException {
try {
File inputFile=new File("test.asc");
File outputFile=new File(test.txt");
BufferedReader in=new BufferedReader(new FileReader(inputFile));
BufferedWriter out=new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(outputFile));
String line=" ";
while (line != null) {
line=in.readLine();
out.write(line);
out.newLine();
in.close();
out.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
ERROR:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.io.Writer.write(Unknown Source)
at Delimiter.main(Delimiter.java:23)

sorry, I responded too quickly. I put out.write(null);
just before the in.close(); statement and got an error
saying that command is ambiguous b/c write() could
belong to multiple classes. did you mean that I should
put it in the while loop?I didn't mean for you to put
out.write(null);
in your code. I meant to point out that when 'line' is null, the problem is that you are passing a null to the out.write() method. That is bad. Don't do that. Use the above. It will test for null before doing the write().

Ascii character 129 for newline in the text file

Hi there,
I have java program that makes JDBC connection and reads through a table, write a column in text file, after each column puts delimiter "|"and after each row prints in the next line.
This is the code below.
public void queryRecords() {
         Statement stmt           = null;
        ResultSet rset           = null;
        try {
              stmt = con.createStatement();
              int numRows = 0;
            File file           = new File("/tmp/temp.txt");
            FileWriter writer   = new FileWriter(file, false);
            BufferedWriter pw      = new BufferedWriter(writer);
            rset = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM mytable");
            ResultSetMetaData rsmd = rset.getMetaData();
            int colCount = rsmd.getColumnCount();
            while (rset.next()) {
                for (int i = 1;i <= colCount; i++) {
                    String st = rsmd.getColumnTypeName(i);
                    if (st.equals("DATE")) {
                        Date d1 = rset.getTimestamp(i);
                        pw.write(d1 + "|");
                    } else {
                        Object o1 = rset.getObject(i);
                        if (o1 != null) {
                            pw.write(o1 + DELIM);
                        } else {
                            pw.write(DELIM);
                pw.newLine();
            pw.close();
             rset.close();
             stmt.close();When i open this Temp.txt file in notepad i see ascii character 129 (rectangular box) instead of the new line. But when i print the file i have each row in a separate line.
Why could this be happening??
Please help...

hi,
Try PrintWriter instead :
File file = new File("D:/testing.txt");
        //FileWriter writer   = new FileWriter(file, false);
        //BufferedWriter pw      = new BufferedWriter(writer);
        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(file);
        pw.print("aaa");
        pw.print("|");
        pw.print("aaa");
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
          File file = new File("/test/test.txt");
        //FileWriter writer   = new FileWriter(file, false);
        //BufferedWriter pw      = new BufferedWriter(writer);
        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(file);
        pw.print("aaa");
        pw.print("|");
        pw.print("aaa");
        pw.print("|");
        pw.print("aaa");
        pw.println();
        pw.print("aaa");
        pw.print("|");
        pw.print("aaa");
        pw.print("|");
        pw.print("aaa");
        pw.close();
     }hth

EXTRACTing to TEXT file in Data Warehouse - Simple doubts!

Hi Experts,
Pls. clarify my simple doubts, in data EXTRACTing prog.,(data extract from SAP to text file in Application server, prog. runs in back ground)
For the Dataware house mapping, I hv been asked to make the following changes,
1) Presently, there is NO column headings in Text file, so I need to add the column Headings - How to get it done?
2) presently, its NOT tab deliminated, so, I need to make it to TAB deliminated- How to achieve it?
I am here paste some piece of code, so that U will get understand well.
PERFORM open_dataset_zdata_whouse_04.
    DESCRIBE FIELD i_tab LENGTH tfr_length IN BYTE MODE.
    LOOP AT i_itab.
      TRANSFER i_itab TO transfer_file1 LENGTH tfr_length.
    ENDLOOP.
    CLOSE DATASET transfer_file1.
ThaNQ.

See the below code :
parameters: d1 type localfile default
'/usr/sap/TST/SYS/Test.txt'.
data: begin of itab occurs 0,
      field1(20) type c,
      field2(20) type c,
      field3(20) type c,
      end of itab.
data: str type string.
constants: con_tab type x value '09'.
if you have a newer version, then you can use this
instead.
*constants:
   con_tab type c value
cl_abap_char_utilities=>HORIZONTAL_TAB.
start-of-selection.
itab-field1 = 'ABC'.
itab-field2 = 'DEF'.
itab-field3 = 'GHI'.
append itab.
itab-field1 = '123'.
itab-field2 = '456'.
itab-field3 = '789'.
append itab.
open dataset d1 for output in text mode.
loop at itab.
    translate itab using ' # '.
    concatenate itab-field1 itab-field2 itab-field2
into str
                  separated by con_tab.
    translate str using ' # '.
    transfer str to d1.
endloop.
close dataset d1.
above code for tab delimited.
for heading then you can write simple logic in the loop of internal table
loop at itab.
if sy-tabix = 1'
move heading data to file.
endif.
endloop.
Thanks
Seshu

How can I copy records from a Table to a ASCII/ Text file.?

Hi
Can you help me with code for copying the records from an oracle table to a Text file,? I like to copy the 1200 records from a 7 field table to a .txt file and print out the out put.
earliest reply is deeply appreciated.
regrds
Saj

All I would do is, in SQL*Plus, spool your output to a file and change the pagesize to however many lines you want before the next header break.
For example:
SET PAGESIZE 79
SPOOL OUTPUT.TXT
Would create an output file called OUTPUT.TXT with header rows produced after every 79 rows of data.

Small doubt reg upload from tab delimited text file

Hi all,
i am uploading a tab delimited text file to a ztable.
I moving the text file in to internal table
data : begin of i_tab occurs 0,
       text(1024) type c,
       end of i_tab.
then i have passed to FM GUI_UPLOAD.
and then splitting
loop at i_tab.
split i_tab at con_tab
                          into i_xyz-matnr
                               i_xyz-werks.
    append i_xyz.
endloop..
is this the right approach . iam getting the results but iam just curious to know.
Do i need to internal like the one i created
data : begin of i_tab occurs 0,
       text(1024) type c,
       end of i_tab.
or do i need to create one with field that i have in text file.
data : begin of i_tab occurs 0,
   matnr like mara-matnr,
werks like marc-werks
end of i_tab.
WHICH ONE OF THE TWO IS RIGHT.
THANKS IN ADVANCE

There will be NO difference,i guess in the 2 methods.
you can use which you like.
Check the below program,i also given quantity fields F2,F3.
its working fine
REPORT ZSRIM_TEMP13.
data : begin of itab occurs 0,
         f1(20) type c,
         f2     type i,
         f3(10)     type p DECIMALS 2,
       end of itab.
       CALL FUNCTION 'GUI_UPLOAD'
         EXPORTING
           FILENAME                      = 'c:a.txt'
          FILETYPE                      = 'ASC'
          <b>HAS_FIELD_SEPARATOR           = 'X'</b>
*          HEADER_LENGTH                 = 0
*          READ_BY_LINE                  = 'X'
*          DAT_MODE                      = ' '
*          CODEPAGE                      = ' '
*          IGNORE_CERR                   = ABAP_TRUE
*          REPLACEMENT                   = '#'
*          CHECK_BOM                     = ' '
*          VIRUS_SCAN_PROFILE            = VIRUS_SCAN_PROFILE
*          NO_AUTH_CHECK                 = ' '
*        IMPORTING
*          FILELENGTH                    = FILELENGTH
*          HEADER                        = HEADER
         TABLES
           DATA_TAB                      = ITAB
        EXCEPTIONS
          FILE_OPEN_ERROR               = 1
          FILE_READ_ERROR               = 2
          NO_BATCH                      = 3
          GUI_REFUSE_FILETRANSFER       = 4
          INVALID_TYPE                  = 5
          NO_AUTHORITY                  = 6
          UNKNOWN_ERROR                 = 7
          BAD_DATA_FORMAT               = 8
          HEADER_NOT_ALLOWED            = 9
          SEPARATOR_NOT_ALLOWED         = 10
          HEADER_TOO_LONG               = 11
          UNKNOWN_DP_ERROR              = 12
          ACCESS_DENIED                 = 13
          DP_OUT_OF_MEMORY              = 14
          DISK_FULL                     = 15
          DP_TIMEOUT                    = 16
          OTHERS                        = 17
       IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
         WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
       ENDIF.
       LOOP AT ITAB.
         WRITE :/ ITAB-F1, ITAB-F2,ITAB-F3.
       ENDLOOP.
my input file i created with TAB seperated text file,
here is the input file
LINE1     1000     123.25
LINE2     2000     234.25
LINE3     3000     345.25
LINE1     1000     123.25
LINE2     2000     234.25
LINE3     3000     345.25
Regards
Srikanth
Message was edited by: Srikanth Kidambi

Export data as fixed length ASCII text file

Hi,
Can someone tell me how to export query data or the data in a table as a fixed length text file. I use PL/SQL developer to query the data.
Many thanks,

If you use SQL*Plus, you could try the following.
http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/server.920/a90842/ch7.htm#1007441

Difference in reading a text file in Windows & Unix

I have a code which is working fine in windows but is stopping after reading the first line of a text file in
Unix. The code is something like below:-
declare
file_handle text_io.file_type; /*running form*/
filename varchar2(60);
v_line varchar2(200);
begin
message('before fopen');
filename:=:file_name;message(filename);
file_handle:=text_io.fopen(filename,'R');
loop
begin
text_io.get_line(file_handle,v_line);
--:line:=v_line;
exception
when no_data_found then
text_io.fclose(file_handle);
message('NO MORE DATA IS FOUND ');
temp:='stop';
exit;
when others then
text_io.fclose(file_handle);
message('ERROR ');
exit;
end;
mob_no:=substr(v_line,1,10);
begin
message(' Mobile NO is '||mob_no);
message(' Mobile NO is '||mob_no);
exit when temp='stop';
end loop;
commit;
message('File SUCCESSFULLY LOADED........');
message('File SUCCESSFULLY LOADED........');
end;
Is there any difference in reading a text file in Windows & Unix.
I hope, my question is clear. Please help in solving the doubt as it is urgent.
Regards.

There is no difference in reading a file - you use TEXT_IO in the normal way. However there is of course a difference in the format of text files between Unix and Dos so if you had say transferred your test file from Dos to the Unix box for testing strange things might happen if you had not transferred in ASCII mode.

How to read a text file into a String?

and also write a text file from a String. I searched the forum and found this folowing code:
// Read and append... by Example
try{
String fileName = "text.txt"; // Filename
// Make the inputfile object
FileInputStream fi = new FileInputStream(fileName);
byte inData[] = new byte[fi.available()];
fi.read(inData); // Read
fi.close(); // Close
String text = new String(inData); // Make a textstring...
// Now, do whatever you want with the data... and append...
String textToAppend = "kjkjhjhKJ";
byte outData[] = textToAppend.getBytes();
// Make the outputfile (whith the 'append' boolean set to true
FileOutputStream fo = new FileOutputStream(fileName,true);
fo.write(outData);
fo.close();
}catch(Exception oops){}but it returns funny characters to the String from the text file and vice versa in writting the text file. Can anybody please help? Thank you.
kindo

See here for info on encodings:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/guide/intl/encoding.doc.html
Some common US encodings and common uses:
ASCII (DOS)
Cp1252 (Windows 9x)
UTF8 (XML)
import java.io.*;
public class TextFile extends File
private static String DEFAULT_ENCODING = "ASCII";
private File file;
private String encoding;
public TextFile(File file, String encoding)
     super(file.getPath());
     this.file = file;
     this.encoding = encoding;
public TextFile(File file)
     this(file, DEFAULT_ENCODING);
public String load() throws Exception
     FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file);
     byte[] barr = new byte[fis.available()];
     fis.read(barr);
     fis.close();
     return new String(barr, encoding);
public void save(String str) throws Exception
     FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(file);
     fos.write(str.getBytes(encoding));
     fos.close();
}

Reading Each String From a text File

Hello everyone...,
I've a doubt in File...cos am not aware of File.....Could anyone
plz tell me how do i read each String from a text file and store those Strings in each File...For example if a file contains "Java Tchnology forums, File handling in Java"...
The output should be like this... Each file should contains each String....i.e..., Java-File1,Technology-File2...and so on....Plz anyone help me

The Java� Tutorials > Essential Classes: Basic I/O

Doubt in TEXT file(.ASCII)

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for