topic Extractor Enhancement Program in Application Development and Automation Discussions https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/extractor-enhancement-program/m-p/4593735#M1083175 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>First i will explain my situation. I am enhancing an extractor for BI and am trying to get a date from an internal table. The date which i am trying to find could be in any 1 of 12 fields. Let me show an the structure.</P><P></P><P>KEY<DEL>-DAR01</DEL>DAT01--<DEL></DEL></P><HR originaltext="---" />DAR02DAT02.............DAR12 DAT12<P></P><P>1--<DEL></DEL></P><HR originaltext="---" />Z4<DEL><HR originaltext="----" />1.21.2008</DEL>-Z2--<DEL><HR originaltext="----" />1.11.2008.........xx</DEL>--<P></P><HR originaltext="---" /><P>xxxxxxx</P><P>2--<DEL></DEL></P><HR originaltext="---" />Z1<DEL><HR originaltext="----" />2.11.2008</DEL>-Z4--<DEL><HR originaltext="----" />3.11.2009.........xx</DEL>--<P></P><HR originaltext="---" /><P>xxxxxxx</P><P></P><P>So i need to look for Z4 in the DARxx field, and then take the corresponding date from the DATxx (where 'xx' matches DARxx). In the above example for record 1, i would find Z4 in DAR01 so i would take DAT01 date '1.21.2008'. For record 2, i would find Z4 in DAR02 so i would take DAT02 date '3.11.2009.</P><P></P><P>Now this in not a hard thing to write but as an ABAP novice, i am looking for a better way to do this besides using 12 IF/ELSE statements. Does anyone have suggestions?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:00:40 GMT former_member314446 2008-10-08T20:00:40Z Extractor Enhancement Program https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/extractor-enhancement-program/m-p/4593735#M1083175 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>First i will explain my situation. I am enhancing an extractor for BI and am trying to get a date from an internal table. The date which i am trying to find could be in any 1 of 12 fields. Let me show an the structure.</P><P></P><P>KEY<DEL>-DAR01</DEL>DAT01--<DEL></DEL></P><HR originaltext="---" />DAR02DAT02.............DAR12 DAT12<P></P><P>1--<DEL></DEL></P><HR originaltext="---" />Z4<DEL><HR originaltext="----" />1.21.2008</DEL>-Z2--<DEL><HR originaltext="----" />1.11.2008.........xx</DEL>--<P></P><HR originaltext="---" /><P>xxxxxxx</P><P>2--<DEL></DEL></P><HR originaltext="---" />Z1<DEL><HR originaltext="----" />2.11.2008</DEL>-Z4--<DEL><HR originaltext="----" />3.11.2009.........xx</DEL>--<P></P><HR originaltext="---" /><P>xxxxxxx</P><P></P><P>So i need to look for Z4 in the DARxx field, and then take the corresponding date from the DATxx (where 'xx' matches DARxx). In the above example for record 1, i would find Z4 in DAR01 so i would take DAT01 date '1.21.2008'. For record 2, i would find Z4 in DAR02 so i would take DAT02 date '3.11.2009.</P><P></P><P>Now this in not a hard thing to write but as an ABAP novice, i am looking for a better way to do this besides using 12 IF/ELSE statements. Does anyone have suggestions?</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:00:40 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/extractor-enhancement-program/m-p/4593735#M1083175 former_member314446 2008-10-08T20:00:40Z Re: Extractor Enhancement Program https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/extractor-enhancement-program/m-p/4593736#M1083176 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Press F1 on DO and then look at the VARYING addition.</P><P></P><P>Rob</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:42:41 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/extractor-enhancement-program/m-p/4593736#M1083176 Former Member 2008-10-08T21:42:41Z