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How do I read and print a generic internal table?


I'm pretty new to this. I'm currently studying abap for my job and I have a problem that I can't seem to work out. How would I go about creating a Function Module that takes any kind of internal table and write it to the screen? I'm looking for a very generic solution that can work with any kind of internal table as input.


Solution

  • This is the exact reason SAP has developed ALV (ABAP List Viewer). One of the shortest way to display any (non-nested) table is the following.

      DATA: go_alv  TYPE REF TO cl_salv_table.
    
      CALL METHOD cl_salv_table=>factory
        IMPORTING
          r_salv_table = go_alv
        CHANGING
          t_table      = itab.
    
      go_alv->display( ).