Problem in SORT statement

Question

Hi Gurus,
I have this problem, I am trying to sort a internal table with the syntax after endselect statement and before read table statement
SORT ITAB_SBOOK BY NAME
name is a field in the table of type CHAR length 25 in actual table and here is how i am declaring name
in internal table
name LIKE stravelag-name
but the sort statement is not executing properly, names are being printed on the screen but they are not
being formated.
can some one tell me whare am i wrong ?
thanks.
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Edited by: Suhas Saha on Dec 25, 2011 7:55 PM

Answer 1

Hi
as per my knowledge there is slight diff between type and like keywords
type key refer the data type of a field where as like key refer the reference of existing  internal table in this just refer the data types not content(data)
example:
types:BEGIN OF ty_itab,
      matnr type mara-matnr,
      matkl type mara-matkl,
      mbrsh type mara-mbrsh,
      ersda type mara-ersda,
  END OF ty_itab.
  data:itab type STANDARD TABLE OF ty_itab.
  data:wa_itab type ty_itab.
we want to create one more internal table with the existing structure  at this time  we will go through the like keyword.
jtab like itab occurs 10.
and also check the following code.
REPORT  sort.
types:BEGIN OF ty_itab,
      matnr type mara-matnr,
      matkl type mara-matkl,
      mbrsh type mara-mbrsh,
      ersda type mara-ersda,
  END OF ty_itab.
data:itab type STANDARD TABLE OF ty_itab.
  data:wa_itab type ty_itab.
  select matnr matkl mbrsh ersda from mara into wa_itab.
    APPEND wa_itab to itab.
ENDSELECT.
SORT itab by mbrsh.
write:/ 'matno',' mat group','industry sector','created on'.
loop at itab into wa_itab.
  write:/ wa_itab-matnr,wa_itab-matkl,wa_itab-mbrsh,wa_itab-ersda.
  endloop.
best regards
sreenivas p