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Same reference for 2 field symbols

tglowka — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 16:35:45 GMT

Hi,

How can I assign table record into 2 different field symbols in a loop?

I am planning to loop over table and keep reference to the 1st record of the group, so at the end of group I can change the 1st record. Something like:

LOOP AT itab ASSIGNING <fs>.
  AT NEW plant.
    "store reference of <fs> to <fs_ref>.
  ENDAT.
  ADD 1 TO lv_counter.
  AT LAST.
    <fs_ref>-counter = lv_counter.
  ENDAT.
ENDLOOP.

Re: Same reference for 2 field symbols

sergei-u-niq — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 17:32:53 GMT

using ABAP ASSIGN statement, you can assign one field symbol to “point” to the same data another field symbol is “pointing to”
https://help.sap.com/doc/abapdocu_750_index_htm/7.50/en-US/abapassign.htm

Re: Same reference for 2 field symbols

Sandra_Rossi — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 19:06:57 GMT

tglowka

so, something like this (to do only for the 1st record of the group):

ASSIGN <fs> TO <fs_ref>.