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• TYPE RANGE OF TYPES
TYPES, RANGE OF Short Reference
ABAP_SYNTAX TYPES dtype ${TYPE RANGE OF type$}$|${LIKE RANGE OF dobj$} $[INITIAL SIZE n$].
What does it do? Derivation of a table type for a ranges table. A ranges table is a standard table in which a ranges condition can be stored. It has a standard key and a special structured line type whose internal definition can be represented as follows in ABAP syntax: TYPES: BEGIN OF linetype, sign TYPE c LENGTH 1, option TYPE c LENGTH 2, low ${TYPE type$}$|${LIKE dobj$}, high ${TYPE type$}$|${LIKE dobj$}, END OF linetype. The additions TYPE and LIKE determine the data type of the components low and high:
type can be a non-generic data type from the ABAP Dictionary, a non-generic public data type of a global class, a non-generic data type local to a program, a CDS simple type, or any ABAP type from the tables of built-in ABAP types. The generic ABAP types c, n, p, and x are extended implicitly to the standard length without decimal places from the tables of built-in ABAP types.
dobj can be a data object visible at this position, whose type is inherited for both components. Generically typed formal parameters cannot be specified for dobj within a procedure. The addition INITIAL SIZE is equivalent to the definition of regular internal table types. A ranges table can be used in a relational expression with the comparison operator IN or in a similar expression in a WHERE condition in AB_SQL . BEGIN_SECTION VERSION 5 OUT It is also used for value passing to the selection screens of an executable program called using SUBMIT. END_SECTION VERSION 5 OUT
