Error trying to download data from database to xls

Hi all,

I am trying to download strig data from database.

string having special characters like ( # ) ( i want# to download data )

if i pass data to xls after special character data displaying new line in xls

I was tried with

REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF '#' IN lv_name WITH space.

REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF cl_abap_char_utilities= horizontal_tab IN lv_name WITH space.

But both are working in my development system but in production system not working

please help to resolve this issue ?