using edit mask

Hi All ,

         Firstly my question is can we use  USING EDIT MASK statement only in write statement . My requirement is i need to display 9291651500 as (92)9165-1500 . i achieved this by following code

DATA  w_celular(20) TYPE c VALUE '9291651500'.

WRITE w_celular USING EDIT MASK '(__)____-____'.

Issue is i dont want to display the number . Please help if  there is any other way to do this .

regards

Kishore