determine youngest date

[Former Member]

Hello!

Can this following code work with this logic to determine the

youngest date ?

Regards

Ilhan

DATA it_hs TYPE ty_hsnr occurs 0 with header line.          
DATA wa_hs TYPE ty_hsnr.     
                               
FORM hsnr_determine using mater type MATNR
                    changing nr type stawn.
 select matnr valid stawn from /G2A/LDM_VL_MAT
          into table it_hs WHERE
          MATNR = mater .
<b>sort it_hs by VALID.</b>
read table it_hs INTO wa_hs INDEX 1 .
nr = wa_hs-STAWN.
ENDFORM.

[Former Member]

Hi IIhan,

If you sort the internal table in ascending order with repect to the Valid date and read the first index, then it should return you data corresponding to oldest date.

If you sort the internal table in descending order with repect to the Valid date and read the first index, then it should return you data with the latest date.

Regards,

George

• reward for all helpful tips

[Former Member]

sort it_hs by VALID

i dont know what u mean by youngest date ?

but

1.

sort it_hs by VALID

will give the old date ( previous date " -->before )

2.sort it_hs by VALID descending.

will give u the latest date ( recent used date )

[Former Member]

For Youngest / recent date you should use

SORT <itab> BY <Field> DESCENDING.

This will bring the row with largest date on the first row.

Now you can do a READ on the first row.

READ TABLE <itab> INDEX 1.

Hope it will help.

Vishal

[Former Member]

Hi.....

if u write

<b>sort it_hs by VALID</b>

here first record will give u the oldest date.

and if u write

<b>sort it_hs by VALID descending </b>

here first record will give u the youngest date.

Reward points if useful......

Suresh......

[Former Member]

Hi,

If u want the latest date then u must sort the table byu descending in addition this will give u the latest date if index is 1,other wise u have to read the valid from

the last index .

Regards,

Ravi

[Former Member]

THOUGH SORT COMMAND WILL SORT IN ASCENDING ORDER BURT FOR YOUR REQUIREMENT YOU CAN ADD ASCENDING OPTION IN SORT ALSO.

sort it_hs by VALID ASCENDING.

read table it_hs INTO wa_hs INDEX 1 .

IT WILL GIVE YOU THE DATA WITH SMALLEST DATE.

REGARDS

SHIBA DUTTA