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Posted on Oct 24, 2006 at 01:01 AM 10 Views

Hi all,

Suppose i have this code:

<b>loop at table into line.

....

if line-column1 eq 'something'.

....

endloop.</b>

with that i search if the column line-column1 is equal to 'something', and if it is i do something. That works fine, but now i'm facing a problem.

The column that i need to search may be other of about 60 columns. It's the column i get in a string. For instance:

<b>data: text type string.

text = 'column1'.</b>

Is anyway to somehow get the value of a column by a string? In other words:

- if <b>text='column1'</b> the validation should look as <b>if line-column1 eq 'something'.</b>

- if <b>text='column2'</b> the validation should look as <b>if line-column2 eq 'something'.</b>

If the table had few columns a simple case/when, or even if/else would work, but this is a table with more than 60 columns, so it's an option i'm trying to avoid.

Most likelly i need to store the value of the column i want to search in a string and then use it to compare in IF, but i don't know how.

Some people told me that it might me done with field-symbols and appends, but since i'm kind of newbie in abap world i'm not managing to do that.

Can anyone help me with this?

Thanks in advanced for any help.

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    author's profile photo Neil Woodruff
    Neil Woodruff
    Posted on Oct 24, 2006 at 02:34 AM
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    field-symbols <col> type any.

    loop at table into line.

    assign component (text) of structure line to <col>.

    if <col> eq 'something'.

    ....

    endloop.

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  • author's profile photo Uwe Schieferstein
    Uwe Schieferstein
    Posted on Oct 24, 2006 at 01:44 AM
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    Hello Luis

    You are already quite close to the solution to your problem.

    DATA:
  ld_column_1   TYPE string,
  ld_column_2   TYPE string.

FIELD-SYMBOLS:
  <ls_line>     TYPE any,
  <ld_column>   TYPE any.

  ld_column_1 = 'COL_1'.  " upper case !!!
  ld_column_2 = 'COL_2'.  " upper case !!!

LOOP AT itab ASSIGNING <ls_line>.
* First column
  UNASSIGN: <ld_column>.
  ASSIGN COMPONENT (ld_column_1) OF STRUCTURE <ls_line>
    TO <ld_column>.
  IF ( <ld_column> IS ASSIGNED ).
*   Do something if condition is fulfilled
    IF ( <ld_column> eq 'something' ).
    ...
    ENDIF. 
  ENDIF.

* Second column
  UNASSIGN: <ld_column>.
  ASSIGN COMPONENT (ld_column_2) OF STRUCTURE <ls_line>
    TO <ld_column>.
  IF ( <ld_column> IS ASSIGNED ).
*   Do something if condition is fulfilled
    IF ( <ld_column> eq 'something' ).
    ...
    ENDIF. 
  ENDIF.  

ENDLOOP.

    Regards

    Uwe

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