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DATA - RANGE OF

Quick Reference

Syntax

DATA rtab {TYPE RANGE OF type}|{LIKE RANGE OFdobj}
          [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 a standalone type, but exists as a property of the data object rtab.

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

Notes

Outside of classes, the addition WITH HEADER LINE can also be used to declare an obsolete header line.
Declarations of ranges tables using the statement RANGES are 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
       WHERE carrid IN @r_carrid
       INTO @spfli_wa.
  ...
ENDSELECT.