Generate a letter sequence (A, B, C, D.....Z)

Hello Evryone,
I have a requirement to generate a letter sequence A, B, C, D....till Z. How can I fill a field with next letter, each time in a loop?
Thanks for all your help in advance,
Rushi

Hello Rushi
If you have syst-abcde available on your SAP system you could do the following:
DATA: ld_offset TYPE i.
DO 26 TIMES.
ld_offset = syst-index - 1.
ld_char = syst-abcde+ld_offset(1).
APPEND ld_char TO lt_chars.
ENDDO.
Regards
Uwe

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I?m sending this email massage because I have a doubt concerning NI 5401 Function Generator Board.
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We have got around 32 different warehouse where various material are stored......
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A0A0B6
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A0A0C2
A0A0C3
A0A0C4
A0A0C5
A0A0C6
A0A0C7
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A0A0I6
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- Try to turn on oracle compatibility:
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Rolf

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 * @return randomized list of ones and zeros
public String[] randBits(int numberOfOnes, int maxNumberOfBits)
 ArrayList bits = new ArrayList(maxNumberOfBits);
 for(int i=0;i<numberOfOnes;i++) bits.add("1");
 for(int j=0;j<(maxNumberOfBits-numberOfOnes);j++) bits.add("0");
 Collections.shuffle(bits); //--do the shuffling of order
 Iterator ib = bits.iterator();
 String[] bitsBack = new String[maxNumberOfBits];
 //--pull out the shuffled bits
 int rb = 0;
 while(ib.hasNext()) bitsBack[rb++] = (String)ib.next();
 return bitsBack;
 } //--end randBits
//--------------------------------unit testing main--------------------------------
 public static void main(String[] args)
 ShuffleBits test = new ShuffleBits();
 int numOnes;
 int maxNumber;
 String[] bitsBack = null;
 numOnes = 5;
 maxNumber = 15;
 bitsBack = test.randBits(numOnes,maxNumber);
 System.out.println("\n--Test for #ones: " + numOnes + " max: " + maxNumber);
 for(int i=0;i<maxNumber;i++) System.out.println("--I: " + i + " bit: " + bitsBack);
numOnes = 12;
maxNumber = 15;
bitsBack = test.randBits(numOnes,maxNumber);
System.out.println("\n--Test for #ones: " + numOnes + " max: " + maxNumber);
for(int i=0;i<maxNumber;i++) System.out.println("--I: " + i + " bit: " + bitsBack[i]);
numOnes = 12;
maxNumber = 15;
bitsBack = test.randBits(numOnes,maxNumber);
System.out.println("\n--Test for #ones: " + numOnes + " max: " + maxNumber);
for(int i=0;i<maxNumber;i++) System.out.println("--I: " + i + " bit: " + bitsBack[i]);
numOnes = 12;
maxNumber = 15;
bitsBack = test.randBits(numOnes,maxNumber);
System.out.println("\n--Test for #ones: " + numOnes + " max: " + maxNumber);
for(int i=0;i<maxNumber;i++) System.out.println("--I: " + i + " bit: " + bitsBack[i]);
} //--end main
} //--end shuffle bits
The output was.
--Test for #ones: 5 max: 15
--I: 0 bit: 0
--I: 1 bit: 1
--I: 2 bit: 0
--I: 3 bit: 0
--I: 4 bit: 1
--I: 5 bit: 0
--I: 6 bit: 0
--I: 7 bit: 0
--I: 8 bit: 0
--I: 9 bit: 1
--I: 10 bit: 0
--I: 11 bit: 0
--I: 12 bit: 1
--I: 13 bit: 1
--I: 14 bit: 0
--Test for #ones: 12 max: 15
--I: 0 bit: 1
--I: 1 bit: 1
--I: 2 bit: 0
--I: 3 bit: 0
--I: 4 bit: 1
--I: 5 bit: 1
--I: 6 bit: 0
--I: 7 bit: 1
--I: 8 bit: 1
--I: 9 bit: 1
--I: 10 bit: 1
--I: 11 bit: 1
--I: 12 bit: 1
--I: 13 bit: 1
--I: 14 bit: 1
--Test for #ones: 12 max: 15
--I: 0 bit: 1
--I: 1 bit: 1
--I: 2 bit: 0
--I: 3 bit: 1
--I: 4 bit: 1
--I: 5 bit: 0
--I: 6 bit: 1
--I: 7 bit: 1
--I: 8 bit: 0
--I: 9 bit: 1
--I: 10 bit: 1
--I: 11 bit: 1
--I: 12 bit: 1
--I: 13 bit: 1
--I: 14 bit: 1
--Test for #ones: 12 max: 15
--I: 0 bit: 1
--I: 1 bit: 1
--I: 2 bit: 1
--I: 3 bit: 1
--I: 4 bit: 1
--I: 5 bit: 1
--I: 6 bit: 1
--I: 7 bit: 0
--I: 8 bit: 0
--I: 9 bit: 1
--I: 10 bit: 1
--I: 11 bit: 1
--I: 12 bit: 1
--I: 13 bit: 0
--I: 14 bit: 1
notice the last few are the same sizes but come out in different order.
--John Putnam

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