Comparing Strings

[Former Member]

Hi all ,

We have a requirement to group of strings as range of values as per alphabetical series.

For example, if we have strings like YYAA, YYAB, YYAC, YYYZ,YYZZ,YZZA.

then we need to build table holding range like low = YYAA and high = YYAC and since YYYZ not in alphabetical series with YYAC we will need to build a seperate record as follow.

low = YYYZ , high = YZZA.

Please advice how to achieve this requirement, is there any FM to compare String series.

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Thanks in advance

Sandhya.

Edited by: Thomas Zloch on May 6, 2010 4:12 PM

[Sandra_Rossi]

Do you mean "alphabetical series" is a known algorithm? I didn't understand your example. Can't you develop a simple algorithm of your own?

[Former Member]

Hi Sanju,

Please go through the below code, or run the code.

data: begin of itab occurs 0,

text(4),

end of itab,

newtab1 like table of itab with header line,

newtab2 like table of itab with header line.

itab-text = 'YYAA'.

append itab.

itab-text = 'YYAC'.

append itab.

itab-text = 'YYAB'.

append itab.

itab-text = 'YYAD'.

append itab.

itab-text = 'YYAF'.

append itab.

itab-text = 'YYAE'.

append itab.

itab-text = 'YYYZ'.

append itab.

itab-text = 'YYZZ'.

append itab.

itab-text = 'YYZA'.

append itab.

LOOP AT itab.

if itab-text(3) = 'YYA'.

newtab1-text = itab-text.

append newtab1.

else.

newtab2-text = itab-text.

append newtab2.

endif.

ENDLOOP.

SORT: newtab1,newtab2.

• This internal table will have the values YYAA , YYAB, YYAC etc*

LOOP at newtab1.

write: / newtab1-text.

ENDLOOP.

write: /, / 'The second table', /.

• This internal table will have the values YYYZ , YYZA, YYZZ*

LOOP at newtab2.

write: / newtab2-text.

ENDLOOP.

Hope this may help you.

Regards,

Smart Varghese