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WRITE - Lines
When a list is displayed using WRITE , the
characters "-" and "|" are replaced by suitable
line elements if they are displayed
directly beside or above each other. Line elements are horizontal and
vertical lines, corners, crosses, and T elements. Character replacement
produces continuous lines. A standalone character "|" is always replaced
by a vertical line. When the system field sy-uline is displayed,
each character in the field is always replaced by a horizontal line as
in the statement ULINE .
The replacement of characters with line elements depends on how the
character is shown in the list and not on how it is defined in the list
buffer. Consequently, the characters "-" and "|" can be joined to form a
line in Unicode systems although they are not directly adjacent in the
list buffer.
The replacement of characters by line elements can be switched off using
the addition FRAMES OFF .
Notes
Data objects whose characters "-" and "|" are to be replaced by line
elements may only contain blanks in addition to these characters.
Otherwise, replacement with line elements cannot be guaranteed.
In most cases, the line elements used to replace character produce the
required results. Only in a few irrelevant cases can it happen that
characters are replaced unexpectedly.
The line elements used to replace characters can also be displayed
explicitly as list elements . These can
be used deliberately if the automatic replacements do not work as
expected.
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