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Sudha Surendran

Field symbols in loop

Posted on Dec 05, 2007 at 07:41 AM 12 Views

Hello ,

I have a loop like this

LOOP AT t_marm INTO p_mattab FROM sy-tabix.

IF p_mattab-matnr NE p_matnr.

CLEAR p_mattab.

EXIT.

ENDIF.

ENDLOOP.

t_marm is of type marm and p_mattab is of type meinh

If we are modifying marm with an include, error is thrown in this loop becoz of unicode.

I want to use field symbols for this .Could anyone please help me in this.

Thanks in advance

Sudha

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    author's profile photo Clemens Li
    Clemens Li
    Posted on Dec 05, 2007 at 08:12 AM
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    Hi Sudha,

    if you use loop at itab .. assigning <fs> you will save time because nothing is ever copied into a header line but you are working on the table line directly. For this reason you will never use a MODIFY itab. I don't know why it is syntactically allowed although it has no effect and no sense at all.

    You will not solve any unicode issues by just replacing the header line/work area with a field-symbol. You must analyze the error reason and resolve it. Field-symbols might help you when they are assigned to components of structure, but I really don't know what the unicode issue is in your case.

    Regards,

    Clemens

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    • Matthew Billingham
      Dec 05, 2007 at 09:56 AM

      Hi Clemens.

      There is still a use for MODIFY. I frequently process tables where I don't know until runtime the structure. So I have to use ASSIGN COMPONENT. If I loop at ASSIGNING, then I have to do the component assignment inside the loop. If I instead create a work area, and loop INTO, I can do the component assignment outside the loop. This latter approach is more efficient.

      Matt

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    Posted on Dec 05, 2007 at 07:46 AM
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    hi,

    Field-symbols: <fs-name> as a modified internal tbale type.

    LOOP AT t_marm INTO p_mattab FROM sy-tabix asssigning <fs_name>

    IF p_mattab-matnr NE p_matnr.

    <fs-name>-field = modifiing table field

    modify itable.

    CLEAR p_mattab.

    EXIT.

    ENDIF.

    ENDLOOP.

    I will give you example code. after 10mins

    sekhar

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    Posted on Dec 05, 2007 at 07:52 AM
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    hi,

    Again Sekar here

    you can observe the following code, you might be get some idea........

    Data: BEGIN OF i_easte OCCURS 0,

    perverbr LIKE easte-perverbr,

    logikzw LIKE easts-logikzw,

    END OF i_easte.

    FIELD-SYMBOLS:

    <f_easts> LIKE i_easts.

    IF sy-subrc EQ 0.

    SELECT perverbr

    logikzw

    FROM easte

    INTO TABLE i_easte

    FOR ALL ENTRIES IN i_easts

    WHERE logikzw EQ i_easts-logikzw.

    ENDIF.

    IF NOT i_easte[] IS INITIAL.

    LOOP AT i_easts ASSIGNING <f_easts>.

    READ TABLE i_easte WITH KEY logikzw = <f_easts>-logikzw.

    IF sy-subrc EQ 0.

    <f_easts>-perverbr = i_easte-perverbr.

    ENDIF.

    ENDLOOP.

    ENDIF.

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  • author's profile photo Rainer Hübenthal
    Rainer Hübenthal
    Posted on Dec 05, 2007 at 08:26 AM
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    You can not solve your unicode problem just by using fieldsysombols. Even fieldsymbols have a type and what you get is a typeconflict. Typeconflicts cant be solved this way.

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    Posted on Dec 05, 2007 at 10:12 AM
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    > t_marm is of type marm and p_mattab is of type meinh

    That's your problem right there. Whether you're using a field symbol or a work area the type should be the same (unless you're trying to do the equivalent of a C union, which doesn't appear to make sense here).

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