Internal table modifications

Question

hello gurus,
I got output of a report as bellow.
sl no       date                name           state         contry
1            10.10.2009                         mtm
1             10.10.2009     A1                   
1            10.10.2009                                               abc 
1            10.10.2009    b1
1            10.10.2009    c1
but my required output is.
sl no       date                name           state         contry
1            10.10.2009      A1                   mtm     ABC
1             10.10.2009    B1                   
1            10.10.2009     C1                                           
can any body tell me how to change the format.
my internal table data contains  as displayed output only.
so i need to do operations at internal table level to get the required output.
thanks,
padmaja.
Edited by: padmaja vaddi on Mar 9, 2009 5:09 AM

Answer 1

Hi Padmaja,
Please see the code below:
itab1[ ] = itab[ ].
sort itab1 comparing date name.
delete adjacent duplicates from itab1.-->itab1 will contain 3 records and itab will contain 5 records
loop at itab1 into wa_itab1.
clear: wa_itab2, wa_itab.
loop at itab into wa_itab where date = wa_itab1-date
                                 name = ' '.
if wa_itab-state is not initial.
wa_itab2-state = wa_itab-state.
endif.
if wa_itab-country is not initial.
wa_itab2-country = wa_itab-country.
endif.
endloop.
wa_itab2-name = wa_itab1-name.
wa_itab2-date = wa_itab1-date.
wa_itab2-sl_no = wa_itab1-sl_no.
append wa_itab2 to itab2.
endloop.
And in the internal table itab2 , u will have the required output.
Keerthi.