SAP CONVERSION TYPE XSTRING documentation, setup help and example usage

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Source Field Type xstring

Numeric Target Fields
Target Conversion
i ,
int8 , ( b , s )Content is handled in the same way as a source field of type x . If the source field has a length of 0, the target field is assigned the value 0.
p Content is handled in the same way as a source field of type x . If the source field has a length of 0, the target field is assigned the value 0.
decfloat16 , decfloat34 Content is handled in the same way as a source field of type x . If the source field has a length of 0, the target field is assigned the value 0.
f Content is handled in the same way as a source field of type x . If the source field has a length of 0, the target field is assigned the value 0.

Character-Like Target Fields
Target Conversion
c Content is handled in the same way as a source field of type x . If the length of the source field is 0, the target field is padded with blanks.
string Content is handled in the same way as a source field of type x . If the length of the source field is 0, the length of the target field is also 0 after the assignment.
d Content is handled in the same way as a source field of type x . If the length of the source field is 0, the target field is padded with the character "0".
t Content is handled in the same way as a source field of type x . If the length of the source field is 0, the target field is padded with the character "0".

Byte-Like Target Fields
Target Conversion
n Content is handled in the same way as a source field of type x . If the length of the source field is 0, the target field is padded with the character "0".
x Content is handled in the same way as a source field of type x . If the length of the source field is 0, the target field is padded with hexadecimal 0.
xstring Content is handled in the same way as a source field of type x . If the length of the source field is 0, the length of the target field is also 0 after the assignment.