declaring type definition dynamically

[Former Member]

hi guys,

i have a strange issue. i need to define a varaible that refers to a below type definition.

types : begin of t_str,

var1 type string,

vcar2 type string,

.

.

.

.

end of t_str,

data: variable type t_str.

the problem is i do not know how many var's will be there until run time. so my type definition needs to be dynamic. is there any way to do it.

thanks

[naimesh_patel]

You need to use RTTS to generate the Dynamic Type for you. Check the Example in this post: http://help-abap.blogspot.com/2008/09/dynamic-internal-table-creation.html

Once you create the type in the given example, you need to assign that type to the Field Symbol to work with it.

* 3. Create a New Type
  lo_new_type = cl_abap_structdescr=>create( lt_tot_comp ).

* 5. data to handle the new table type
  CREATE DATA lo_data TYPE HANDLE lo_new_type.
*
* 6. New internal table in the fieldsymbols
  field-symbols: <f_structure> type any.
  ASSIGN lo_data->* TO <f_structure>

* Access fields within it
  field-symbols: <fs_field> type any.
  assign component 'KSTAR' of structure <lfs_strucutre> to <lfs_field>.

Regards,

Naimesh Patel

[RichHeilman]

You can create a dynamic structure like this. <fs_structure> will be the structure with 20 string fields.

TYPE-POOLS: abap.

DATA:
  lr_structdescr    TYPE REF TO cl_abap_structdescr,
  lr_datadescr      TYPE REF TO cl_abap_datadescr,
  lt_components     TYPE abap_component_tab,
  ls_component      TYPE LINE OF abap_component_tab,
  lr_struct         TYPE REF TO data.

DATA: lv_index_num(3) TYPE n.
DATA: lv_index_char(3) TYPE c.

FIELD-SYMBOLS: <fs_structure> TYPE ANY.

START-OF-SELECTION.

  DO 20 TIMES.
    lv_index_num = sy-index.
    lv_index_char = lv_index_num.
    CONCATENATE 'value' lv_index_char INTO ls_component-name.
    ls_component-type ?= cl_abap_elemdescr=>get_string( ).
    INSERT ls_component INTO TABLE lt_components.
  ENDDO.

* get structure descriptor -> lr_STRUCTDESCR
  lr_structdescr ?= cl_abap_structdescr=>create( lt_components ).

* create a structure
  CREATE DATA lr_struct TYPE HANDLE lr_structdescr.
  ASSIGN lr_struct->* TO <fs_structure>.

Regards,.

Rich Heilman