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String Templates, Control Characters

The example demonstrates the formatting of a text using control characters.

Source Code

REPORT demo_string_template_ctrl_char.

CLASS demo DEFINITION.
  PUBLIC SECTION.
    CLASS-METHODS main.
ENDCLASS.

CLASS demo IMPLEMENTATION.
  METHOD main.

    cl_demo_output=>display(
      |First line.\r\ttab\ttab\ttab\n\ttab\ttab\ttab\rLast line.| ).

  ENDMETHOD.
ENDCLASS.

START-OF-SELECTION.
  demo=>main( ).

Description

A string template with literal text and control character is produced using the class CL_DEMO_OUTPUT. The text output is formatted with line breaks and tabulators.