help with sorting internal table

[Former Member]

Hi all,

I have an internal table say itab.

In itab i have fld1 , fld2 , fld3 .

itab fld2 can have a, b, c, d

say for this the data

fld1 fld2 fld3

2wqq b 2

2wqq a 2

w33 d 3

after sorting i need to hav in this order

w33 d 3

2wqq b 2

2wqq a 2

i always have to sort based on fld 2 and in this order d,b,a,c

say if i don't have record with b then the order should be d ,a , c

let me know how to do this

Thanks

[former_member187255]

Try this.....

<b>sort itab by fld2 descending</b>.

[Former Member]

sort itab descending by otab.

Each line of the table otab defined a component of the sort key.

regards,

bharat.

[Former Member]

Hi,

You can sort by a field either ASCENDING or DESCENDING

A,b,c,d can be sorted either d,b,c,a or a,b,c,d .

but not like what you said.

Regards,

Anji

[srinivas_anchuri]

Hi Preeti,

Interestiing sort order..Following is what I would suggest...

1. create a string with your sort order '......dbac'...to include all the characters you might have in text...lets call it lv_sort_sequence... create another string with normal sort sequence '0123..abcd...z.'..lets call it lv_actual_sequence.

2. Replace every character in your table..eg: replace lv_sort_sequence(1 to 36) in your table with lv_actual_sequence(1 to 36). if you consider only dbac...replace d with a, b with b, a with c etc... I hope I am clear here.

3. Now sort your data in ascending order.

4. Do the reverse of step 2. Replace lv_actual_sequence(1-36) with lv_sort_sequence(1-36)

Thanks.

Srinivas.

[Former Member]

Hi Srinivas,

in fact my sorting field doesn't contain only one char .

its like this,

affff

cgfff

bhggg

dhhhh

then i want to print the records in this order

bhggg

affff

dhhhh

cgfff

i know that allt he the sort field contains only the above 4 values

will that help

let em know how to achieve this

[srinivas_anchuri]

I am not sure if I understood you correctly...

Are you saying you need to consider only the first column for sorting...

then replace only first columns.

I was asking you to replace your entire table with corresponding mapped characters, then sort and replace back.

[Former Member]

Hi Srinivas,

My actual data will be like this

fld2 can have only anyone these four values

bgfff

ahgyyy

ddsds

cfghy

ex 1)

fld1 fld2 fld3

2wqq bgfff 2

2wqq ahgyyy 2

w33 ddsds 3

after sorting i need to have in this order

w33 bgfff 3

2wqq ddsds 2

2wqq ahgyyy 2

ex2)

909 bgfff 2

456 ahgyyy 2

908 cfghy 1

544 ddsds 3

after sorting i need to have in this order

909 bgfff 2

544 ddsds 3

908 cfghy 1

456 ahgyyy 2

sometimes this may happen

ex3)

909 bgfff 2

456 ahgyyy 2

556 ddsds 9

908 cfghy 1

544 ddsds 3

after sorting i need to have in this order

909 bgfff 2

544 ddsds 3

556 ddsds 9

908 cfghy 1

456 ahgyyy 2

or

909 bgfff 2

556 ddsds 9 --

544 ddsds 3 -- this two can switch that's not important

908 cfghy 1

456 ahgyyy 2

Hope you have clear idea now.

ANy help in achieving would be appreciated

Thanks

[srinivas_anchuri]

If its only any of those 4 values...first replace them with 1,2,3,4..sort data and then replace them back.

Will this satisfy your purpose.

[Former Member]

Hi,

Please try this ...

REPORT ZTEST.
                                  
DATA: BEGIN OF ITAB OCCURS 0,
        SORT(1),
        FIELD1(4),
        FIELD2(1),
        FIELD3(1).
DATA: END OF ITAB.
                                        
ITAB-FIELD1 = '2WQQ'.
ITAB-FIELD2 = 'B'.
ITAB-FIELD3 = '2'.
APPEND ITAB.

ITAB-FIELD1 = '2WQQ'.
ITAB-FIELD2 = 'A'.
ITAB-FIELD3 = '2'.
APPEND ITAB.
                                
ITAB-FIELD1 = 'W33'.
ITAB-FIELD2 = 'D'.
ITAB-FIELD3 = '3'.
APPEND ITAB.
                                                  
LOOP AT ITAB.
  CASE ITAB-FIELD2.
    WHEN 'B'.
      ITAB-SORT = 1.
    WHEN 'A'.
      ITAB-SORT = 2.
    WHEN 'D'.
      ITAB-SORT = 3.
    WHEN 'C'.
      ITAB-SORT = 4.
    WHEN OTHERS.
  ENDCASE.

  MODIFY ITAB.
ENDLOOP.                                                            
SORT ITAB BY SORT ASCENDING.

LOOP AT ITAB.
  WRITE: / ITAB-FIELD1, ITAB-FIELD2, ITAB-FIELD3.
ENDLOOP.

Regards,

Ferry Lianto

[Former Member]

Hi,

I got that fixed based on Ferry example.

Thanks All

i awarded points to all

thanks again for your help

[RaymondGiuseppi]

Try this

* In your table 
  TYPES: BEGIN of ztype,
         field1(10),
         field2(10),
         field3(10),
* Add a sort field
         my_sort type i,
         END of ztype.
  DATA: ztab type table of ztype with header line.

* Declare the sort ordre
  DATA: my_order(4) value 'DCBA'.

* Fill the sort field  
  LOOP AT ztab.
    SEARCH my_order for ztab-field2(1).
    ztab-my_sort = sy-fdpos.
    MODIFY ztab.
  ENDLOOP.

* Then you can sort your table  

Regards

[Former Member]

Hi,

Please check above my sample code using case statement.

I think it will work for any your cases.

Regards,

Ferry Lianto