String and Internal table

We have a large character string in the memory, e.g. of 5M.
(1) we want to split the character string into an internal table with a field of c(1000), for example.
(2) we want to read the internal table, and concatenate each line into one string.
For STRLEN and CONCATENATE, it always ignores the trailing blanks. However, we don't want to LOSE ANY BLANKS.
thanks,
-Stanley

I don't think there is any availble function module that does it. You may have to code for it. Also the blanks are a problem. So try something like this, which was actually suggested by Sanjay while responding to another question in this forum
First replace all the blank space with a character that you know for sure, will not be there in your string.
TRANSLATE mystring USING ' @'.
Now do your STRLEN and get your string length.
The you can split your string using the option INTO TABLE. Your itab will have only one field of 1000 length.
Then read the internal table and concatenate them back into the long string.
Finally, you reverse the pattern in the previous TRANSLATE statement to '@ '.
Srinivas

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hi,
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REPORT ZTYPES                                                  .
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What is the relationship between table type in ABAP dictionary and internal table?
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I wanted to know, what is the difference between Line type and Internal Table?

Hi,
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In the SAP higher versions mySAP ERP, the use of tables with header line is made obsolete.. But there is absolutely no problem with the same..
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Re: field symbols and interna table

hi,
here is field symbol which is table type
FIELD-SYMBOLS: <gt_pos_data> TYPE table.
there is one internal table it_data.
how can move <gt_pos_data> to it_data.
please help me.
rgds

Hi
You can assign field wise:
like
<gt_pos_data>- field to to it_data-field.
Field Symbols
Field symbols are placeholders or symbolic names for other fields. They do not physically reserve space for a field, but point to its contents. A field symbol cam point to any data object. The data object to which a field symbol points is assigned to it after it has been declared in the program.
Whenever you address a field symbol in a program, you are addressing the field that is assigned to the field symbol. After successful assignment, there is no difference in ABAP whether you reference the field symbol or the field itself. You must assign a field to each field symbol before you can address the latter in programs.
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Syntax Diagram
FIELD-SYMBOLS
Basic form
FIELD-SYMBOLS <fs>.
Extras:
1. ... TYPE type
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3. ... TYPE REF TO DATA
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Effect
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You can only use one of the additions.
Example
Output aircraft type from the table SFLIGHT using a field symbol:
FIELD-SYMBOLS <PT> TYPE ANY.
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... TYPE type
Addition 2
... TYPE REF TO cif
Addition 3
... TYPE REF TO DATA
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... LIKE s
Addition 6
... LIKE LINE OF s
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Effect
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DATA SBOOK_WA LIKE SBOOK.
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Hi Tobias,
first you have to assign a logical database which has BSID to your program (in program attributes).
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