Can I use LIKE in an IF statement?

[Former Member]

I am trying to use LIKE in my IF below and it says it sin't supported

if itab-reason_var LIKE '1%'.

APPEND DATA_PACKAGE to fitab.

else.

[Former Member]

No.

Rob

[Former Member]

Hi Mick,

I think you cant use LIKE in IF statement. Instead you may use the string operators like CO( Contains only ), CP ( contains Pattern) etc.

Cheers

VJ

[former_member181962]

Do like this instead:

if itab-reason_var <b>CP</b> '1*'.

APPEND DATA_PACKAGE to fitab.

else.

cp stands for Contains pattern

[Former Member]

okay i did this except used NP but it doens't seem to be wokring because it stops at the 1st 'IF' and acts like all records don't meet the conditions

if DATA_PACKAGE-reason_var NP '1*' or

DATA_PACKAGE-reason_var NP '2*' or

DATA_PACKAGE-reason_var nP '3*' or

DATA_PACKAGE-reason_var n '4*' or

DATA_PACKAGE-reason_var n '5*'.

APPEND DATA_PACKAGE to fitab.

[Former Member]

Try this:

REPORT ztest MESSAGE-ID 00.

DATA: BEGIN OF itab OCCURS 0,
        reason_var(10),
      END OF itab.
RANGES: r_var FOR itab-reason_var.

itab-reason_var = '123'.
APPEND itab.

itab-reason_var = '456'.
APPEND itab.

r_var-sign   = 'I'.
r_var-option = 'CP'.
r_var-low    = '1*'.
APPEND r_var.

LOOP AT itab.
  IF itab-reason_var IN r_var.
    WRITE: /001 itab-reason_var, 'is included'.
  ELSE.
    WRITE: /001 itab-reason_var, 'is not included'.
  ENDIF.
ENDLOOP.

Rob

[Former Member]

Change all your 'OR's to 'AND's.

[Former Member]

HI,

IF will not support the LIKE.

Regards

SAB

[Former Member]

Thanks for all the help