How to cast in ABAP ?

Hi,
I need to cast a data but i don't kow how to do it in ABAP.
Actually, I have a variable typed QUAN (quantity i guess) and i want to concatenate it in a String variable. That's not possible.
The solution i've found is to move the Quan variable to a temporary String variable. I think that's a kind of implicit casting.
Then, including this temporary string variable in the Concatenate instruction is possible.
My question is :
Can I directly cast this data instead of using a temporary variable ?
In Java or VB.NET langauges, we can cast variable like that
(String)my_variable
How to do it in ABAP ?
Thanks

hi,
You got to use the temporary variable of char type as shown below.
data : v_quant type netpr value '1000.00',
         v_char(10).
move v_qunat to v_char.
Regards,
Santosh

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