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ABAP 7.40 FOR syntax

KumarVishal — Sun, 03 May 2020 05:23:51 GMT

Hello

Can someone help me with the syntax error in the attached code ?

It gives error “No components exists with the name ‘FOR’ "

 TYPES:
    BEGIN OF ty_for_final,
      vbeln TYPE vbeln_va,
      vbtyp TYPE vbak-vbtyp,
      posnr TYPE vbap-posnr,
    END OF ty_for_final.

    DATA(li_for_final) = VALUE ty_for_final( FOR wa_vbak IN for_vbak
                                             FOR wa_vbap IN for_vbap WHERE ( vbeln = wa_vbak-vbeln )
                                              ( vbeln = wa_vbak-vbeln  vbtyp = wa_vbak-vbtyp  posnr = wa_vbap-posnr ) ).

Re: ABAP 7.40 FOR syntax

maheshpalavalli — Sun, 03 May 2020 05:51:40 GMT

Hi Vishal,

you see the below code is creating a structure type

VALUE ty_for_final(..)

and "FOR" will do iteration and create multiple data(table), so that is the reason of your error.

try creating a table type, it will work.

types: tt_for_final type table of ty_for_final with EMPTY KEY.
 DATA(li_for_final) = VALUE tt_for_final( .... ).

-Mahesh

Re: ABAP 7.40 FOR syntax

gasparerdelyi — Fri, 08 May 2020 21:11:20 GMT

Which support package of NW 7.40 are you talking about?

Table comprehensions and FOR expression has been introduced in 7.40 SP05: https://help.sap.com/doc/abapdocu_740_index_htm/7.40/en-US/abennews-740_sp05-itab.htm

Re: ABAP 7.40 FOR syntax

Sandra_Rossi — Sat, 09 May 2020 04:57:15 GMT

If I'm not wrong, the table type TT_FOR_FINAL must be "complete" (i.e. not generic) so that it can be used after the constructor operator, by adding STANDARD (for instance):

types: tt_for_final type STANDARD table of ty_for_final with EMPTY KEY.

Re: ABAP 7.40 FOR syntax

maheshpalavalli — Sun, 10 May 2020 05:52:08 GMT

sandra.rossi it makes sense, but for somereason it was not giving any error..

Re: ABAP 7.40 FOR syntax

Sandra_Rossi — Sun, 10 May 2020 23:55:39 GMT

Thanks for the info. As an empty key can only be used with a standard table, I guess specifying the word "standard" is then optional in that case, and is automatically deduced by the compiler.