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Internationalization in ABAP Release 3.0 ITOC
ABAP_OVERVIEW Since releases 2.1/2.2, ABAP has provided a number of statements to support the internationalization of programs. SET COUNTRY can be used to define the date and number formatting for a particular country, while SET LANGUAGE makes it possible to change the text pool language. TRANSLATE f TO LOWER/UPPER CASE reacts to the locale category LC_CTYPE, and when passing data between ABAP_ASINSTANCE and front ends and when passing data using RFC, the system respects the SAP code page. In ABAP_RELEASE 3.0, texts can be sorted in a locale-friendly way (specific to culture). Here, the sort order is determined by the locale category LC_COLLATE. In addition, the text environment which (among other things) defines the locale-specific sort rules is set automatically according to the language of the active user when an ABAP_ISESS is opened. Finally, the basis for internationalization has been modified. Using the SAP text environment table TCP0C, text environments are assigned to a four-part key consisting of < PLATFORM, LANGUAGE, COUNTRY, MODIFIER>.
ABAP_MODIFICATION_NN SORT ... AS TEXT: Locale-Friendly Sorting
The addition ... AS TEXT of the language element SORT enables text data to be sorted in a locale-friendly way.
ABAP_MODIFICATION_NN CONVERT TEXT: Conversion of Texts to a Locale-Specific Sortable Format
The new CONVERT variant CONVERT TEXT t INTO SORTABLE CODE sc converts a text to a locale-friendly sortable format.
ABAP_MODIFICATION_NN SET LOCALE: Explicit Setting of the Text Environment
The new SET variant SET LOCALE enables program-driven configuration of the text environment.
