topic Re: LIKE usage in Application Development and Automation Discussions

LIKE usage

Former Member — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:30:19 GMT

Code#1

DATA: ITAB LIKE SPFLI.

With that code#1, we copy the table structure of spfli table (correct me if I am wrong or missing something with my statement).

Code#2

DATA: BEGIN ITAB,
               C1 LIKE SPFLI-CARRID, 
      END OF ITAB.

With this code#2, does the C1 just copies the structure of the CARRID field of table SPFLI? That is my question.

pls help. thanks.

RichHeilman — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:32:51 GMT

Yes

Cheers,

Rich Heilman

Former Member — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:34:02 GMT

Greetings..

yes you are right, If you defined in a table with single field, C1 will have all attributes of field CARRID..

While in Code#1 it will have all fields for SPFLI. This can be used as work area.

hope this makes things clear..

thanks!!

ags..

naimesh_patel — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:35:43 GMT


DATA: ITAB LIKE SPFLI.

This will only create a workarea in your program which has the same strucutre of the SPFLI.

So, you can populate the values by using its fields.

Like:


ITAB-CARRID = '1'.


DATA: BEGIN ITAB,
               C1 LIKE SPFLI-CARRID, 
      END OF ITAB.

This will create a structure with only field C1 and that C1 has the same definition as the SPFLI-CARRID.

You can use ITAB-C1 to populat the contents.


ITAB-C1 = '1'.

Regards,

Naimesh Patel

Former Member — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:36:00 GMT

thanks people. i gave points.