REG EXP to clean unwanted data

Hi
I seen some solutions and explanations to the above problem, My problem is getting feed from cobol and getting lot of unwanted characters. I want to delete all new line/carriage feed and any other to be trimmed but to leave reguilar a to z characters intact. I want a function that I can cal;l from sql *loader.
I appreciate your response.
thanks
Gopala

Hi..
First of all read the excel data into an internal table using a function module GUI_UPLOAD or use the method GUI_UPLOAD of the class CL_GUI_FRONTEND_SERVICES.
Loop at the internal and process each record and either transfer the required data into another internal table or delete the unwanted from the same table.
Use the function module GUI_DOWNLOAD or the method GUI_DOWNLOAD of the class CL_GUI_FRONTEND_SERVICES to download data into a text file.
The program should contain Input and Output file paths as Selection Screen parameters.
Regards,
Vara

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Edited by: Moostiq on 2 mai 2011 16:52
Edited by: Moostiq on 2 mai 2011 16:52

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Sorry, I realize i was missing a ';' char. I thought the "\\)" was causing problems. Move on, nothing to see here LOL : )

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