regarding work area is not being initialized

[Former Member]

I picked up date from a table say itab which is being uploaded from a text file in DD.MM.YYYY. Then I changed it to YYYYMMDD and passed it to a variable in another table which i am using further but if this date is blank in text file then also value of this variable is not initial.

LOOP AT itab[] INTO itab.
  CONCATENATE itab-bldat+6(4) itab-bldat+3(2) itab-bldat+0(2) INTO itab-bldat.
  CONDENSE itab-bldat.
  CLEAR: v_bldat , v_budat.
  v_bldat               = itab-bldat.
  gs_main_load-bldat    = v_bldat...........
  IF  gs_main_load-bldat    IS  NOT INITIAL AND " document date
......................................
    APPEND gs_main_load TO git_input1. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< **Program goes here instead going after "else".
  Else.
.................
  endif.

Please help me.

Edited by: Matt on Aug 4, 2009 4:28 PM

[Former Member]

Hi,

Check the change in the code.The one in BOLD.

LOOP AT itab[] INTO itab.

CONCATENATE itab-bldat6(4) itab-bldat3(2) itab-bldat+0(2) INTO itab-bldat.

CONDENSE itab-bldat.

CLEAR: v_bldat , v_budat.

v_bldat = itab-bldat.

gs_main_load-bldat = v_bldat...........

IF gs_main_load-bldat NE '00000000' AND " document date......................................

APPEND gs_main_load TO git_input1.

Else.

.................

endif.

Regards,

Vimal.

[Former Member]

instead of using NE '00000000" I should use NE ' '.

[SuhaSaha]

Hello Sonu,

I think

IF gs_main_load-bldat IS NOT INITIAL

is correct.

You need to clear the work area:

CLEAR gs_main_load.

BR,

Suhas

[SuhaSaha]

Hello Guys,

Did you see the code corectly? The OP has not cleared the workarea.

LOOP AT itab[] INTO itab.
CONCATENATE itab-bldat+6(4) itab-bldat+3(2) itab-bldat+0(2) INTO itab-bldat.
CONDENSE itab-bldat.
CLEAR: v_bldat , v_budat.
v_bldat = itab-bldat.
gs_main_load-bldat = v_bldat........... "gs_main_load-bldat is populated here
IF gs_main_load-bldat IS NOT INITIAL AND " document date
......................................
APPEND gs_main_load TO git_input1. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< **Program goes here instead going after "else".
CLEAR gs_main_load. "--> Add this line
Else.
.................
ENDIF.

I am damn sure the issue has got nothing to do with INITIAL.

BR,

Suhas

[Former Member]

Yes thats true. only if the first record of the internal table itab[] is initial, it will go to the else part. The problems lies in clearing the work area.

APPEND gs_main_load TO git_input1. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< **Program goes here instead going after "else".
CLEAR gs_main_load. 

[matt]

>CLEAR: v_bldat , v_budat.

>v_bldat = itab-bldat.

>gs_main_load-bldat = v_bldat........... "gs_main_load-bldat is populated here

>IF gs_main_load-bldat IS NOT INITIAL AND " document date

Look at v_bldat. It's cleared in the loop. Then it is assigned the value from ITAB. Then that is passed to gs_main_load-bldat. Then gs_main_load-bldat is getting the value of v_bldat.

SO... it isn't the workarea not being cleared, because the field being testing "is" being cleared.

To the original poster. Set a breakpoint at the IF, and find the value of gs_main_load-bldat when itab-bldat "is blank".

matt

[SuhaSaha]

Hello,

After the APPEND stmt you have to CLEAR the work area.

APPEND gs_main_load TO git_input1.
CLEAR gs_main_load . "-->Add this line

BR,

Suhas

[Former Member]

Hi,

data : l_data(8) type c,

write gs_main_load-bldat to l_data.

SHIFT l_data LEFT DELETING LEADING '0'.

IF l_data is not INITIAL AND " document date

......................................

APPEND gs_main_load TO git_input1. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< **Program goes here instead going after "else".

Else.

.................

endif.

[Former Member]

Hi,

You are just assigning the value into gs_main_load-bldat and immediately chekcing so the value is there so

that condition is becoming true. Keep break point at if condition then check the value is existing or not.

gs_main_load-bldat = v_bldat...........

IF gs_main_load-bldat IS NOT INITIAL AND " document date

......................................

APPEND gs_main_load TO git_input1. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< **Program goes here instead going after "else".

Else.

.................

endif.

Regards,

Ganesh