Dynamically deleting rows from an internal table

[Former Member]

Hi Experts,

Why is the following statement not supported in abap ? is there any workaround for ?

Delete <table> where (lv_property_name) not in lt_select_options.

I know it is possible to write :

delete table <tbl> with table key (lc_fieldname) =  lv_property_value.--> But this is not what i m looking for.

I have the work arround :

loop at <table> assigning <fs_table>.

       ASSIGN  component lf_property OF STRUCTURE <fs_table> TO <field>.

       if <field> not in lt_sel_options.

         delete <table> index sy-tabix.

         unassign <field>.

       endif.

endloop.

.

is there any better solution , so wthout looping the table ???

Thanks

[ThomasZloch]

Delete <table> where (lv_condition_syntax)

is possible, if that's of any help. See ABAP documentation for DELETE statement for all details.

Thomas

[Former Member]

Hi,

Your solution is good enough. It is easy to read and it does its thing efficiently.

Personally I wouldn't wast too much time on internal table operations, nowadays these operations are executed extremely fast, the only thing that I would worry about is, is this understandable for someone else.

Kind regards, Rob Dielemans