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loop counter

Former Member — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:21:26 GMT

in which system variable loop counter store

Re: loop counter

Former Member — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:26:07 GMT

use sy-tabix, or u can use sy-loopc.

Re: loop counter

Former Member — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:28:22 GMT

Hi,

In LOOP AT IT_TABLE into wa_table, loop counter store in SY-TABIX.

But in Do n Times loop, it strore in SY-INDEX.

Regards,

Re: loop counter

varma_narayana — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:31:52 GMT

Hi Swathi..

incase of DO loop or WHILE loop. the loop counter is stored in SY-INDEX.

incase of internal table Loop. EndLoop the counter is stored in SY-TABIX.

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Re: loop counter

Former Member — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:46:30 GMT

Hi Swathi,

The system structure have two variables sy-tabix and sy-index.

The variable sy-tabix, for the internal tables operations. This variable holds the number of the record currently being read in an internal table loop.

When a loop statement is executed, the system assigns value 1 for the first iteration and increases it for each new record. If we use any READ statement inside the LOOP, then the successfull READ operation changes the value of sy-tabix to the position of the required record in the read table..

The variable sy-index is used for the iterative operations.

This variable holds the current iteration number in a WHILE or DO loop.

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Vikas Bittera.

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Re: loop counter

Former Member — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 09:26:33 GMT

This is not working if there is a condition in your loop!

SY-TABIX is the index of the internal table

So it will show you in which line you are but this is definietly not a counter.

In this case you will have to create a counter manually.

Regards,

Re: loop counter

MarioMller — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 15:33:46 GMT

This is wrong!!!

If you have a loop with a where condition -> Your first hit in sy-tabix can by anything

lets asume you habe an internal table:

row 1 = value A
row 2 = value B
row 3 = value C

If your code is:
loop at internal_table
where value = 'B'

--> sy-tabix will be 2!!!!!

so you cannot use this as an loop count