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DATA - RANGE OF

Short Reference

Syntax

DATA rtab {TYPE RANGE OF type}|{LIKE RANGE OF dobj}
          [INITIAL SIZE n]
          [VALUE IS INITIAL]
          [READ-ONLY].

Effect

This statement defines a ranges table rtab with the table type described in the section TYPES - RANGE OF. The table type defined here, however, is not independent, but exists as a property of the data object rtab.

The VALUE IS INITIAL addition can be used to specify an initial start value.

Notes

Outside of classes, you can also use the addition WITH HEADER LINE to declare an obsolete header line

The declaration of a ranges table with the statement RANGES is obsolete.

Example

In this example, a ranges table is declared, filled, and evaluated in the WHERE condition of a SELECT statement.

DATA: spfli_wa TYPE spfli,
      r_carrid TYPE RANGE OF spfli-carrid,
      r_carrid_line LIKE LINE OF r_carrid.

r_carrid_line-sign   = 'I'.
r_carrid_line-option = 'BT'.
r_carrid_line-low    = 'AA'.
r_carrid_line-high   = 'LH'.
APPEND r_carrid_line TO r_carrid.

SELECT *
       FROM spfli
       INTO spfli_wa
       WHERE carrid IN r_carrid.
  ...
ENDSELECT.