CONTROL BREAKS

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EXPLAINS CONTROL BREAK STATEMENTS WITH EXAMPLE.

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Hi,

Control break statements are used to stop the control at a particular point.

1. AT NEW f.

2. AT END OF f.

3. AT FIRST.

4. AT LAST.

Effect

In a LOOP which processes a dataset created with EXTRACT , you can use special control structures for control break processing. All these structures begin with AT and end with ENDAT . The sequence of statements which lies between them is then executed if a control break occurs.

You can use these key words for control break processing with extract datasets only if the active LOOP statement is proceesing an extract dataset.

The control level structure with extract datasets is dynamic. It corresponds exactly to the sort key of the extract dataset, i.e. to the order of fields in the field group HEADER by which the extract dataset was sorted .

At the start of a new control level (i.e. immediately after AT ), the following occurs in the output area of the current LOOP statement:

All default key fields (on the right) are filled with "*" after the current control level key.

All other fields (on the right) are set to their initial values after the current control level key.

Between AT and ENDAT , you can use SUM to insert the appropriate control totals in the number fields (see also ABAP/4 number types ) of the LOOP output area (on the right) after the current control level key. Summing is supported both at the beginning of a control level ( AT FIRST , AT NEW f ) and also the end of a control level ( AT END OF f , AT LAST ).

At the end of the control level processing (i.e. after ENDAT ), the old contents of the LOOP output area are restored.

Notes

When calculating totals, you must ensure that the totals are inserted into the same sub-fields of the LOOP output area as those where the single values otherwise occur. If there is an overflow, processing terminates with a runtime error.

If an internal table is processed only in a restricted form (using the additions FROM , TO and/or WHERE with the LOOP statement), you should not use the control structures for control level processing because the interaction of a restricted LOOP with the AT statement is currenly not properly defined.

With LOOP s on extracts, there are also special control break control structures you can use.

Note

Runtime errors

SUM_OVERFLOW : Overflow when calculating totals with SUM .

Variant 1

AT NEW f.

Variant 2

AT END OF f.

Effect

f is a sub-field of an internal table processed with LOOP . The sequence of statements which follow it is executed if the sub-field f or a sub-field in the current LOOP line defined (on the left) before f has a differnt value than in the preceding ( AT NEW ) or subsequent ( AT END OF ) table line.

Example

DATA: BEGIN OF COMPANIES OCCURS 20,

NAME(30),

PRODUCT(20),

SALES TYPE I,

END OF COMPANIES.

...

LOOP AT COMPANIES.

AT NEW NAME.

NEW-PAGE.

WRITE / COMPANIES-NAME.

ENDAT.

WRITE: / COMPANIES-PRODUCT, COMPANIES-SALES.

AT END OF NAME.

SUM.

WRITE: / COMPANIES-NAME, COMPANIES-SALES.

ENDAT.

ENDLOOP.

The AT statements refer to the field COMPANIES-NAME .

Notes

If a control break criterion is not known until runtime, you can use AT NEW (name) or AT END OF (name) to specify it dynamically as the contents of the field name . If name is blank at runtime, the control break criterion is ignored and the sequence of statements is not executed. If name contains an invalid component name, a runtime error occurs.

By defining an offset and/or length, you can further restrict control break criteria - regardless of whether they are specified statically or dynamically.

A field symbol pointing to the LOOP output area can also be used as a dynamic control break criterion. If the field symbol does not point to the LOOP output area, a runtime error occurs.

Note

Runtime errors

AT_BAD_PARTIAL_FIELD_ACCESS : Invalid sub-field access when dynamically specifying the control break criterion.

AT_ITAB_FIELD_INVALID : When dynamically specifying the control break criterion via a field symbol, the field symbol does not point to the LOOP output area.

ITAB_ILLEGAL_COMPONENT : When dynamically specifying the control break criterion via (name) the field name does not contain a valid sub-field name.

Variant 3

AT FIRST.

Variant 4

AT LAST.

Effect

Executes the appropriate sequence of statements once during the first ( AT FIRST ) or last ( AT LAST ) loop pass.

Example

DATA: BEGIN OF COMPANIES OCCURS 20,

NAME(30),

PRODUCT(20),

SALES TYPE I,

END OF COMPANIES.

...

LOOP AT COMPANIES.

AT FIRST.

SUM.

WRITE: 'Sum of all SALES:',

55 COMPANIES-SALES.

ENDAT.

WRITE: / COMPANIES-NAME, COMPANIES-PRODUCT,

55 COMPANIES-SALES.

ENDLOOP.

Regards,

Priyanka.

[Former Member]

Hi,

A control break occurs when the value of the field f or a superior field in the current record has a different value from the previous record (AT NEW) or the subsequent record (AT END). Field f must be part of the header field group.

If the extract dataset is not sorted, the AT - ENDAT block is never executed. Furthermore, all extract records with the value HEX null in the field f are ignored when the control breaks are determined.

The AT... ENDAT blocks in a loop are processed in the order in which they occur. This sequence should be the same as the sort sequence. This sequence must not necessarily be the sequence of the fields in the header field group, but can also be the one determined in the SORT statement.

If you have sorted an extract dataset by the fields f1, f2, …, the processing of the control levels should be written between the other control statements in the LOOP loop as follows:

LOOP.

AT FIRST.... ENDAT.

AT NEW f1....... ENDAT.

AT NEW f2....... ENDAT.

...

AT fgi..... ENDAT.

Single record processing without control statement

...

AT END OF f2.... ENDAT.

AT END OF f1.... ENDAT.

AT LAST..... ENDAT.

ENDLOOP.

Here is the Perfect link

http://www.sts.tu-harburg.de/teaching/sap_r3/ABAP4/at_itab.htm

Regards

Sudheer

[former_member404244]

Hi,

Please go through the below link...

http://www.sts.tu-harburg.de/teaching/sap_r3/ABAP4/at_itab.htm

Regards,

Nagaraj