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FOR ... IN GROUP

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Syntax

... FOR { wa|<fs> IN GROUP group [INDEX INTO idx] [
WHERE ( log_exp )] } 
      | { GROUPS OF 

          wa|<fs> IN GROUP group [INDEX INTO idx] [
WHERE ( log_exp )] 
   
      GROUP BY group_key 

          [ASCENDING|DESCENDING [AS TEXT]] 

          [WITHOUT MEMBERS] } [
let_exp] ... 

Addition

... INDEX INTO idx

Effect

These variants of an iteration expression for table iterations using FOR evaluate a row group group sequentially, like a member loop LOOP AT GROUP. These FOR expressions can only be specified in those places in which a group group can be accessed, namely:

• in a constructor expression after an expression FOR GROUPS ... OF,

• in a LOOP with the addition GROUP BY.

where in both cases

• the internal table must be specified directly and not specified as the result of an expression or a function,

• the addition WITHOUT MEMBERS cannot be specified.

group is used to specify the group in question using the data object or field symbol to which the group is bound.

• In the variant FOR ... IN GROUP without GROUPS OF, the expression evaluates the members of the current group in the same way as the variant FOR ... IN itab evaluates the rows of the internal table itab. The result is the rows of the group.

• In the variant FOR GROUPS OF ... IN GROUP, the expression evaluates the members of the current group in the same way as the variant FOR GROUPS ... OF. The current group is grouped again and the result is either representatives or group keys of the subgroups.

The condition WHERE ( log_exp ) can be used to restrict the evaluated rows of the group. Conditions other than this static WHERE condition cannot be specified.

Note

As in LOOP AT GROUP, access to the groups is optimized internally.

Example

Displays a list of the total occupied seats for each airline. A LOOP with the addition GROUP BY evaluates its groups in a table reduction using FOR flight IN GROUP <carrier>. Here, the total for each group is calculated for the column seatsocc.

SELECT * FROM sflight INTO TABLE @DATA(sflight). 

TYPES group_keys TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF spfli-carrid WITH EMPTY KEY. 

TYPES: 
  BEGIN OF list_line, 
    carrier  TYPE sflight-carrid, 
    bookings TYPE i, 
  END OF list_line, 
  list TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF list_line WITH EMPTY KEY. 

DATA(list) = VALUE list( ). 
LOOP AT sflight INTO DATA(wa) 
     GROUP BY wa-carrid 
     ASCENDING 
     ASSIGNING FIELD-SYMBOL(<carrier>). 

  list = VALUE list( 
           BASE list 
           ( carrier = <carrier> 
             bookings = REDUCE #( 
                        INIT s = 0 
                        FOR flight IN GROUP <carrier> 
                        NEXT s = s + flight-seatsocc ) ) ). 
ENDLOOP. 

cl_demo_output=>display( list ). 

Addition

... INDEX INTO idx

Effect

For each row of the associated FOR expression, this addition sets the helper variable idx to the value to which the system field sy-tabix would be set in a corresponding LOOP AT GROUP loop. The same applies to the local data object idx as in the variant FOR ... IN itab.