Introduction

In certain cases, you need to create and populate range tables in ABAP for different purposes. So, in this blog post, I have explained 3 easy ways to populate range tables.

Solution

The ways are the following.

1. Using LET with VALUE. Please check the below section for quick reference.

   TYPES lr_bukrs_type TYPE RANGE OF bukrs.
   DATA : lr_bukrs_01 TYPE lr_bukrs_type, "Table 1
          lr_bukrs_02 TYPE lr_bukrs_type. "Table 2
   
   * Using only LET with VALUE
   *--------------------------------------------------------------------*
   lr_bukrs_01 = VALUE lr_bukrs_type(
                                   LET s = 'I'
                                       o = 'EQ'
                                   IN sign   = s
                                      option = o
                                      ( low = '0100' )
                                      ( low = '0200' )
                                      ( low = '0300' )
                                      ( low = '0400' )
                                      ( low = '0500' )
                                      ( low = '0600' )
                                      ( low = '0700' )
                                     ).
   ​

2. Using MACRO: This is the simplest way. Please check the below section for quick reference.

   TYPES lr_bukrs_type TYPE RANGE OF bukrs.
   DATA : lr_bukrs_01 TYPE lr_bukrs_type, "Table 1
          lr_bukrs_02 TYPE lr_bukrs_type. "Table 2
   
   * Using MACRO
   *--------------------------------------------------------------------*
   DEFINE range_bukrs.
     lr_bukrs_01 = VALUE lr_bukrs_type(
                                         BASE lr_bukrs_01 (
                                                           sign = 'I'
                                                           option = 'EQ'
                                                           low = &1
                                                           )
                                       ).
   END-OF-DEFINITION.
   
   *--------------------------------------------------------------------*
   range_bukrs: '0100', '0200', '0300', '0400', '0500', '0600', '0700'.
   *--------------------------------------------------------------------*​

3. Using FOR LOOP: By this procedure, one can populate the range table w.r.t another table. Please check the below section for quick reference.

   TYPES lr_bukrs_type TYPE RANGE OF bukrs.
   DATA : lr_bukrs_01 TYPE lr_bukrs_type, "Table 1
          lr_bukrs_02 TYPE lr_bukrs_type. "Table 2
   
   * Using MACRO
   DEFINE range_bukrs.
     lr_bukrs_01 = VALUE lr_bukrs_type(
                                         BASE lr_bukrs_01 (
                                                           sign = 'I'
                                                           option = 'EQ'
                                                           low = &1
                                                           )
                                       ).
   END-OF-DEFINITION.
   
   range_bukrs: '0100', '0200', '0300', '0400', '0500', '0600', '0700'.
   
   * Combining LET with FOR LOOP
   *--------------------------------------------------------------------*
   lr_bukrs_02 = VALUE #( FOR ls_bukrs IN lr_bukrs_01
   *                          ( sign = 'I'      "Alternatively
   *                            option = 'EQ'   "Alternatively
                                LET s = 'I'
                                    o = 'EQ'
                                IN sign   = s
                                   option = o
                              ( low = ls_bukrs-low )
                         ).
   ​

That’s it. 

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