Relational operators, help needed

[matteo_montalto]

Hi all,

I've got a simple task to ask for... I have to search in an itab for a particular (unique) work area that I can identify comparing some fields to my wanted values.

There's just one check I'm not able to code down, here it is:

the table has a field called EXT_DEM_POSID and I have a workarea in which this field has value '00020000000010'.

I need to find in my itab the entry that has the EXT_DEM_POSID field value equal to the first 5 digits of my workarea (in this case, '00020'). How can I simply formulate such a check in a WHERE statement?

Something like

LOOP AT itab INTO wa_wanted

WHERE .... AND EXT_DEM_POSID EQ first 5 digits of wa_item.

Another question: is there a way I can use directly a READ TABLE statement to do such a thing? Or must I loop the entire table since the condition is not just an equality one?

Thanks in advance

[Former Member]

I the field is of type character string then u can specify the conditions as

WHERE field LIKE '00020%'.

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[Former Member]

Hi

U can use both statament:

- LOOP/ENDLOOP

LOOP AT ITAB INTO WA_WANTED WHERE EXT_DEM_POSID EQ = WA_ITEM(5). 
  EXIT.
ENDLOOP.

- READ TABLE

READ TABLE INTO WA_WANTED WITH KEY EXT_DEM_POSID EQ = WA_ITEM(5).

Max

[Former Member]

Try this

data lv_ext_dem_posid like itab -EXT_DEM_POSID.

lv_ext_dem_posid  = wa_item+0(5)   " first 5 characters of wa_item
LOOP AT itab INTO wa_wanted
WHERE .... AND EXT_DEM_POSID EQ lv_ext_dem_posid.

regards,

Advait