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Dynamically deleting rows from an internal table

Former Member — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 10:25:04 GMT

Hi Experts,

Why is the following statement not supported in abap ? is there any workaround for ?

Delete <table> where (lv_property_name) not in lt_select_options.

I know it is possible to write :

delete table <tbl> with table key (lc_fieldname) = lv_property_value.--> But this is not what i m looking for.

I have the work arround :

loop at <table> assigning <fs_table>.

ASSIGN component lf_property OF STRUCTURE <fs_table> TO <field>.

if <field> not in lt_sel_options.

delete <table> index sy-tabix.

unassign <field>.

endif.

endloop.

is there any better solution , so wthout looping the table ???

Thanks

Re: Dynamically deleting rows from an internal table

ThomasZloch — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 10:30:30 GMT

Delete <table> where (lv_condition_syntax)

is possible, if that's of any help. See ABAP documentation for DELETE statement for all details.

Thomas

Re: Dynamically deleting rows from an internal table

Former Member — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 10:41:03 GMT

Hi,

Your solution is good enough. It is easy to read and it does its thing efficiently.

Personally I wouldn't wast too much time on internal table operations, nowadays these operations are executed extremely fast, the only thing that I would worry about is, is this understandable for someone else.

Kind regards, Rob Dielemans