operator REDUCE no proper outcome

[former_member602885]

Dear all.

I'm currently trying out the new operator REDUCE but I have following situation.

I am calling a REST API with the IF_HTTP_CLIENT and CL_REST_HTTP_CLIENT interfaces and wanted to dynamically build the URI query.

    "build query request
    IF iv_search IS SUPPLIED.
      APPEND |search={ iv_search }| TO lt_query.
    ENDIF.

    IF iv_views IS SUPPLIED.
      APPEND |views={ iv_views }| TO lt_query.
    ENDIF.

    IF iv_offset IS SUPPLIED.
      APPEND |offset={ iv_offset }| TO lt_query.
    ENDIF.

    IF iv_limit IS SUPPLIED.
      APPEND |limit={ iv_limit }| TO lt_query.
    ENDIF.

    LOOP AT lt_query ASSIGNING FIELD-SYMBOL(<ls_query>).
      lv_query = |{ lv_query }{ <ls_query> }&|.
    ENDLOOP.

Result:

Currently the code above is working properly and as I always try to learn new Syntax, I tried to replace the LOOP AT with the REDUCE operator.

I followed the F1 Documentation and used the Example and tried following code:

    lv_query = REDUCE #( INIT reduced_query = ''
                         FOR <query> IN lt_query
                         NEXT reduced_query = |{ reduced_query }{ <query> }&| ).

But now the Result looks as follows:

It looks like at some point the definition of one of the defined values is limited to 1 character but I couldn't figure out which one.

The variable lv_query is defined as STRING and the table lt_query as STRING_TABLE.

Do you see any mistake I made with the REDUCE statement?

Thanks for any feedback or help.

BR,

Andreas

[Sandra_Rossi]

First of all, it's obvious (from debugger 1 character) that you didn't declare it correctly like this:

DATA lv_query TYPE string.

There's also an issue inside REDUCE, because REDUCED_QUERY is implicitly declared 1 character because of reduced_query = ''. Instead use the reversed quotes to declare it as STRING type:

lv_query = REDUCE #( INIT reduced_query = `` " reversed quotes, or use INIT reduced_query TYPE string

[Sandra_Rossi]

Oops sorry, I didn't pay attention to the type in the debugger, which is CString{1}. I assumed it was C(1). So please forget about my first "obvious" remark about LV_QUERY type.

[former_member602885]

Hi Sandra,

thanks for you message.

The variable is exactely defined as you mentioned.

But the issue in REDUCE was correct. I changed the single quotes with backquotes and now lv_query is filled properly. I didn't know that you can declare a string literal with backquotes:

Character Literals

I was looking at this documentation and thought that all backquotes were single quotes at first sight.

Table Reductions, String Processing

Thanks for noticing.

BR,

Andreas

[Sandra_Rossi]

Oops, you're right, sorry, I didn't pay attention to the type in the debugger, CString{1}, I assumed it was C(1).