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collect statement

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What is a collect statement? How is it different from append?

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former_member212005
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Varsha, Search in SDN before posting such a question...

Moreover you could have also used F1 help...

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Hi Varsha,

Collect statement collect/adds the records based on a key field.

For Eg:

Itab:

F1 F2.

A 10

A 20

B 30

B 40

Collect statement will add the values of 10 and 20 since the Key field is A for both the entry.

Append will append/add a record at the end of existing records.

Thanks.

Mohanraj.N

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I hope this will clear your idea about the difference between Collect and Append....

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APPEND :

IT IS USED TO GET THE RECORD FROM THE INTERNAL TABLE HEADER TO THE BODY AREA

IT ALLOWS DUPLICATION

COLLECT:

IT IS USED TO A GET A RECORD FROM HEADER TO THE BODY AREA BUT IT WILL NOT ALLOW ANY DUPLICATION EXCEPT IF THERE IS ANY NUMERIC FIELS IT ADDS THAT FIELDS DATA BUT NOT AS A NEW RECORD

OR

If an entry with the same key already exists, the COLLECT statement does not append a new line, but adds the contents of the numeric fields in the work area to the contents of the numeric fields in the existing entry.

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Regards,

Mandeep.

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hi,

Append : creates the new entry in the internal table irrespective of (already) entry with the same key fields.

Collect : If an entry with the same key already exists, the collect statement does not append a new line, but adds the contents of the numeric fields in the work area in the existing entry.

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kesavadas_thekkillath
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Check the F1 documentation

Former Member
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Hi varsha,

Hope this answers your question.

Collect: it adds the numeric fields to the existing non numeric key field records, thereby avoiding duplicate values.

Append : will simply add the records.

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Hi,

If an entry with the same key already exists, the COLLECT statement does not append a new line, but adds the contents of the numeric fields in the work area to the contents of the numeric fields in the existing entry.

Regards,

Jyothi CH.