Formating currency variable

hi ,
i have a variable which is of type CURR 15 decimal 2. If this variable contains the value as 0 (0.00), then it should not be displayed as 0.00. Instead, a blank space should come in that place..
regards
chinnaiya

Hi,
If you are using ALV to display the report, then there is a field in fieldcat 'NO_ZERO' pass 'X' to it.
Hope this resolves your query.
Regards,
Nikhil

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