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APPEND - Short Reference

Reference

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Syntax

APPEND { wa 
       | {INITIAL LINE} 
 
     | {LINES OF jtab [FROM idx1] [TO idx2] [USING KEY key_name|(name)]} } 
   TO itab [SORTED BY comp] 

   [ {ASSIGNING <fs> [CASTING]} | {REFERENCE INTO dref} ]. 

Effect

Appends rows to an internal table itab.

Additions

• wa
  Appends a workarea wa.
• INITIAL LINE
  Appends an initial row.
• LINES OF jtab [FROM idx1] [TO idx2] [USING KEY key_name|(name)]
  Appends the rows from idx1 to idx2 of the internal table jtab. The table key to be used for this can be specified either statically or dynamically.
• SORTED BY comp
  Creates a ranking, which is sorted by the row component comp in descending order.
• ASSIGNING <fs> [CASTING]
  Assigns an appended row to a field symbol <fs> and a casting can thus be carried out.
• REFERENCE INTO dref
  Sets a data reference dref to an appended row.