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ABAP FIND TABLE RANGE Statement syntax, information and example SAP source code
FIND IN TABLE - table_range
Short Reference
ABAP Syntax
[TO lin2 [OFFSET off2]] ... .
What does it do? This addition limits the search in the statement FIND IN TABLE to the table section specified in lin1 , off1 , lin2 and off2 . Without this addition, the program searches the whole table, row by row.
lin1 , off1 , lin2 and off2 are numerical expression positions
of operand type i .
The table section begins in the row lin1 after the offset off1 , and ends in the row
lin2 before the offset off2 . If FROM is specified without OFFSET , the section implicitly begins at the start of lin1 . If TO is specified without OFFSET , the range implicitly ends at the end of the row lin2 .
The value of lin1 must be greater than or equal to 1, and the value of lin2 must be greater than or equal to the value of
lin1 , and both must refer to valid table rows. The values of off1
and off2 must be greater than or equal to 0 and be within the respective row length. If lin1 and lin2 indicate the same row, the value of off2 must be greater than or equal to the value of off1 . Both offsets may refer to the end of the row.
Latest notes: This addition is also used in the statement REPLACE IN TABLE .
Example ABAP Coding Counts the frequency with which one of Donald's nephews occurs in an internal table. In the example FIND IN itab , the same result can be achieved more simply using the number of rows in results .
DATA: itab TYPE TABLE OF string,
cnt TYPE i,
mlin TYPE i,
moff TYPE i,
mlen TYPE i.
FIELD-SYMBOLS <(><<)>line> TYPE string.
...
cnt = -1.
mlin = 1.
moff = 0.
WHILE sy-subrc = 0.
cnt = cnt + 1.
ASSIGN itab[ mlin ] TO <(><<)>line>.
IF moff >= STRLEN( <(><<)>line> ).
mlin = mlin + 1.
IF mlin > LINES( itab ).
EXIT.
ENDIF.
moff = 0.
ENDIF.
FIND REGEX '\b(Huey|Dewey|Louie)\b'
IN TABLE itab FROM mlin OFFSET moff
RESPECTING CASE
MATCH LINE mlin
MATCH OFFSET moff
MATCH LENGTH mlen.
moff = moff + mlen.
ENDWHILE.
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