Problem in displaying single quotes

Hi,
I have applied the quotes but its still not working in the way I want. Like,
concatenate v_constantname '= ' ''''itab_split-constantname'''' into v_string2 separated by space.
concatenate v_linenum '= ' ''''itab_split-linenum''''
     into v_string1 separated by space.
concatenate v_string1 ' and ' v_string2 into itab_where-line separated by space.
This is the code and the concatenation is done for a dynamic where clause. The value of itab_split-linenum and itab_split-constantname should be within single quotes, e.g., it should be
C_LINE_NUM = '000047' and
C_NAME = 'CR_Z001_EMPLOYEE_COMPANY'
But it is coming like the following:
C_LINE_NUM = ' 000047 ' and
C_NAME = ' CR_Z001_EMPLOYEE_COMPANY '
There should not be any space between the value and the quotes. How to do it?
Thanks in advance,
Sangeeta.

hi Sangeetha
concatenate '''' itab_split-constantname '''' into v_string1.
concatenate '''' itab_split-linenum '''' v_string2.
concatenate v_constantname '=' v_string1 v_linenum '=' v_string2 into itab_where-line separated by space.
Hope this 1 helps.
Regards
Sachin Dhingra

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