internal table

[Former Member]

Hello ,

How to count number of columns in internal table...any ideas?

regds

[Former Member]

Hi,

Try the following

data: gs_t001 type t001.

data: go_struct type ref to cl_abap_structdescr,
      gt_comp   type abap_component_tab,
      gs_comp   type abap_componentdescr.

start-of-selection.

  go_struct ?= cl_abap_typedescr=>describe_by_data( gs_t001 ).
  gt_comp = go_struct->get_components( ).
describe table gt_comp lines sy-tfill.

write: / sy-tfill.

Darren

[Former Member]

hiiiii

u can use SY-COLNO for this requirement

it works

thanks

[Former Member]

And if you don't have the class cl_abap_typedescr, try something like this:

data: lv_count type i.

field-symbols: <field> type any.

do.
  assign component sy-index of structure YOUR_ITAB_STRUCTURE to <field>.
  if sy-subrc eq 0.
    lv_count = sy-index - 1.
  else.
    exit.
  endif.

enddo.

Edited by: Maen Anachronos on Oct 3, 2008 12:44 PM

[Former Member]

thanks for your replies..wotever i do all iam getting is 9 which is number of entries in the table...but iam looking for number of columns...any more ideas?

thanks

[Former Member]

You haven't tried it the right way.

Does your internal table use a workarea? If so, look at my example and try that one. In no way that will return the number of entries in your internal table.

[Former Member]

Hi there,

ive tried it ..but all iam getting is 1..do i have to do anythin else?

thanks

[Former Member]

Some code perhaps?

How is your structure defined? Etc.

[Former Member]

thats my table

DATA: BEGIN OF gt_data OCCURS 0,

line(100), " | separated

END OF gt_data.

thanks

[Former Member]

What i was afraid of.. your structure only has 1 column. Hence, your result equals 1.

edit:

Apparently, you have a '|' separated string in there.

Read a line from your internal table into a workarea.

Use SPLIT workarea TABLE lt_temp AT '|'

And then count the number of lines in lt_temp.

I assume all lines in your intenal table have the same structure, e.g. the same number of separated values.

Edited by: Maen Anachronos on Oct 3, 2008 1:46 PM