Representation of "-" in ABAP

Hello,
As far as I know, in ABAP, we can use CL_ABAP_CHAR_UTILITIES=>HORIZONTAL_TAB
to represent a tab sign, I am wondering whether there is a similar thing to represent the "-" (i,e. the dash sign) in ABAP or it would be OK to use the dash sign directly for use in SPLIT statement? Thanks a lot!
Regards,
Anyi

Yes, "-" is a printable character. There will be no problem is using it in your statements, such as SPLIT or SEARCH. It is just any other printable character like, period(.) or comma(,).
Regards,
Rich Heilman

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>
Thomas Mouritsen wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I currently have issues establishing SSO from a J2EE (which is NOT a NetWeaver system) server to a WebService that resides on a AS ABAP 6.40. When I look over the options I see no obvious SSO solution. I cannot be the only one in this situation. Which solution have you managed to implement.
>
> I must stress that username/password is not a solution.
>
> Withouth really understanding the different scenarios, I would prefer to make som sort of trust relation. And then just let the calling application supply the username in a header variable
>
> Best regards,
> Thomas Mouritsen
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Edited by: Wilson KU on Nov 14, 2011 10:42 AM
Edited by: Wilson KU on Nov 14, 2011 10:46 AM

Thanks for the reply,
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