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table with type ANY in function module

Posted on Jan 17, 2008 at 02:50 PM 1.8k Views

Hi all

I want to use a function module in different programs. I want to pass always a table and in a string the name of the structure, so that I can access the data with ASSIGN and the passed structure name.

For a structure I can use the type ANY, but if I want to use a table in a function module, I need to define a table type.

Is there a way to define a tabletype with the type ANY? A Workaround would be fine too.

Thanks and best regards!

Christian

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    Posted on Jan 18, 2008 at 03:42 AM
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    Hi Christian,

    ANY TABLE is used to type a parameter, or field symbol, that can be a table of any type or structure.

    ANY is used to type a parameter, or field symbol, that can be any type. You can't, however, use any table operations on a parameter/field-symbol typed as ANY. For that, you have to use ANY TABLE.

    The same applies to ANY. You can pass to the method a data object, without specifying its type (i.e, in dynamic programs).

    Suppose that I need to split a line into a table, but I don't know the structure of this line:

    I have a method:

    codeMETHOD split_line_in_table IMPORTING im_line TYPE ANY

    EXPORTING ex_table TYPE ANY TABLE.

    [/code]

    codeMETHOD split_line_in_table.

    SPLIT im_line AT separator INTO TABLE ex_table.

    ENDMETHOD.[/code]

    Now, i can pass this method a line of ANY structure and get a table without specifying its structure.

    cheers,

    Hema.

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