'-' minus sign on the left side of the value

Question

Hi all,
My requirement is to put the minus sign appearing the amount field
on the left hand side instead of right as it appears in the database fields.
Is there any direct functionality for the same instaed of using concatenation .

Answer 1

use an edit mask
edit: Didn't read well. Where are you trying to put the sign? a database table? ALV? others?
TYPE-POOLS: SLIS.
types: begin of this_Type,
one type p,
two type p,
end of this_Type.
data itab type table of this_type with header line.
data: field_cat type sLIS_T_FIELDCAT_ALV,
     wa_fcat like line of field_cat.
itab-one = '-1'.
itab-two = '-2'.
append itab.
wa_fcat-fieldname = 'ONE'.
wa_fcat-edit_mask = 'V_______'.
append wa_fcat to field_cat.
wa_fcat-fieldname = 'TWO'.
wa_fcat-edit_mask = 'V_______'.
append wa_fcat to field_cat.
CALL FUNCTION 'REUSE_ALV_LIST_DISPLAY'
EXPORTING
*   I_INTERFACE_CHECK              = ' '
*   I_BYPASSING_BUFFER             =
*   I_BUFFER_ACTIVE                = ' '
*   I_CALLBACK_PROGRAM             = ' '
*   I_CALLBACK_PF_STATUS_SET       = ' '
*   I_CALLBACK_USER_COMMAND        = ' '
*   I_STRUCTURE_NAME               =
*   IS_LAYOUT                      =
   IT_FIELDCAT                    = field_cat
*   IT_EXCLUDING                   =
*   IT_SPECIAL_GROUPS              =
*   IT_SORT                        =
*   IT_FILTER                      =
*   IS_SEL_HIDE                    =
*   I_DEFAULT                      = 'X'
*   I_SAVE                         = ' '
*   IS_VARIANT                     =
*   IT_EVENTS                      =
*   IT_EVENT_EXIT                  =
*   IS_PRINT                       =
*   IS_REPREP_ID                   =
*   I_SCREEN_START_COLUMN          = 0
*   I_SCREEN_START_LINE            = 0
*   I_SCREEN_END_COLUMN            = 0
*   I_SCREEN_END_LINE              = 0
* IMPORTING
*   E_EXIT_CAUSED_BY_CALLER        =
*   ES_EXIT_CAUSED_BY_USER         =
  TABLES
    t_outtab                       = itab
* EXCEPTIONS
*   PROGRAM_ERROR                  = 1
*   OTHERS                         = 2
IF sy-subrc  0.
* MESSAGE ID SY-MSGID TYPE SY-MSGTY NUMBER SY-MSGNO
*         WITH SY-MSGV1 SY-MSGV2 SY-MSGV3 SY-MSGV4.
ENDIF.
Edited by: Ramiro Escamilla on Jan 8, 2009 11:49 AM