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syntax error:

Former Member — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:37:44 GMT

Hi,

for the following code i am getting the synatx error:

DESCRIBE TABLE lt_marc LINES sy-tfill.

WRITE: /0 ‘number of entries in marc:’ , 60 sy-tfill.

Field "‘NUMBER" is unknown. It is neither in one of the specified.

tables nor defined by a "DATA" statement.

i tried various options but error remains the same.

any ideas?

Raj

Re: syntax error:

Former Member — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:44:48 GMT

hi,

it seems that you have copied this code from some flat file or some where else.

so remone comman from statement ‘number of entries in marc:’ and put back from keybord.

and instead of using 0 (zero) in write:/0 use some number .

reward if useful

Re: syntax error:

Former Member — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:45:08 GMT

Hi,

Try this code..

Data: Var like sy-tfill.

DESCRIBE TABLE lt_marc LINES var.

WRITE: /1 ‘number of entries in marc:’ , 60 var.

Hope it helps..

Regards,

Chithra

Edited by: Chithra Saravanan on May 2, 2008 9:28 PM

Re: syntax error:

Former Member — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:49:07 GMT

Hi,

2 problems with your code...

1) The single quote marks ' in your code is not the correct quote mark... try re-entering them...

2) /0 is not a valid column position... use /1

WRITE: /1 'number of entries in marc:', 60 sy-tfill.

Dave...

Re: syntax error:

vinod_vemuru2 — Sat, 03 May 2008 10:52:01 GMT

Hi Raj,

Check this statement.

DESCRIBE TABLE lt_marc LINES sy-tfill.

U are trying to fill system variable in describe table. This is not required.

When u execute describe table it will automatically fills the system variables. Second thing is WRITE:/0 even though it is syntactically correct generally we will start at position1.

So Do like below.

DESCRIBE TABLE lt_marc.

WRITE: /1 ‘number of entries in marc:’ , 60 sy-tfill.

It will solve ur problem.

Thanks,

Vinod.