How to change the value of an internal table without loop?

[Former Member]

Hello Everyone,

Thank you for giving your time. I have an internal table having thousands of records. How can I replace the value of a variable in one go without using loops.

Ex. -

      LOOP AT gt_bseg_02 INTO gs_bseg_02.

        IF gs_bseg_02-koart = ''.

          gs_bseg_02-koart = 'XYZ'.

        ENDIF. " IF gs_bseg_02-koart = ''

modify gt_bseg_02 from gs_bseg_02.

      ENDLOOP. " LOOP AT gt_bseg_02 INTO gs_bseg_02

Is there any single statement to do this? like we can simple delete the records without using loops with the delete statement.

Regards

Mani

[former_member1716]

Hi Mani,

You can use the below code,

Assign the value to the field like below, and then modify from the work area as written below.

WA_BSEG-KOART = 'XYZ'.

MODIFY gt_bseg_02 FROM wa_bseg TRANSPORTING koart WHERE koart EQ ''.

Please let us know on the progress :).

regards,

Satish

[former_member1716]

Also Please check the below documentation for further clarifications.

http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_04/helpdata/EN/fc/eb35eb358411d1829f0000e829fbfe/frameset.htm

Regards,

Satish

[Clemenss]

Although some people don't like it:

LOOP AT itab ASSIGNING <field-symbol> is NEVER slower but suaually much faster than LOOP AT itab INTO headerline.

FIELD-SYMBOLS:

  <bseg> TYPE bseg.

LOOP AT it_bseg ASSIGNING <bseg>

  WHERE koart IS INITIAL.

  <bseg>-koart = 'your value'.

ENDLOOP.

No modify needed because you are working directly with the table.

It won't be much slower than MODIFY itab TRANSPORTING ... WHERE

Regards

Clemens

[Former Member]

Use modify transporting...

From the ABAP Keyword Documentation:

"The addition TRANSPORTING has the same effect as changing individual rows. The addition WHERE can only be specified together with the addition TRANSPORTING".

gs_bseg_02-koart = 'XYZ'.

modify gt_bseg_02 from gs_bseg_02 transporting koart where koart = ''.

[Former Member]

Instead of loop you can use modify statement.

MODIFY itab FROM wa TRANSPORTING field WHERE <your condition>.

wa = work area containing your required value.

condition = optional