Dynamically defined variable in ABAP

Question

Lets say I have a variable (char30) which contains a name of a Datatype and I would like to create another variable of this Datatype.

Example:

lv_type = 'BU_PARTNER'
data: rt_value type range of ( lv_type ).

Any tips how to achieve this in ABAP?

Thanks!

Answer 1

RANGE table is just a STANDARD table with component like 'LOW', 'HIGH', 'EQ' and 'OPTION'.

Using RTTS related API to create such a STANDARD table.

data:
    lr_data          type ref to data,
    lt_ra_string     type range of string,
    ls_ra_string     like line of lt_ra_string,
    ls_component     type line of abap_component_tab,
    lt_component    type abap_component_tab,
    lt_ra_components type abap_component_tab,
    lo_struc_descr type ref to cl_abap_structdescr,
    lo_table_descr type ref to cl_abap_tabledescr,
    lo_data_descr  type ref to cl_abap_datadescr.

field-symbols:
    <lv_value> type any,
    <lt_ra_type> type standard table,
    <ls_ra_type> type any.

    data(lv_type) = 'BU_PARTNER'.

create data lr_data type (lv_type).

lo_struc_descr ?= cl_abap_structdescr=>describe_by_data( p_data = ls_ra_string ).

lt_component = lo_struc_descr->get_components( ).

lo_data_descr ?= cl_abap_elemdescr=>describe_by_name( lv_type ).

lt_ra_components = value #( for comp in lt_component (
                            name = comp-name
                            type = cond #( 
                                when comp-name eq 'SIGN' 
                                  or comp-name eq 'OPTION'
                                then  comp-type
                                else lo_data_descr )
                        ) ).
lo_struc_descr ?= cl_abap_structdescr=>create( lt_ra_components ).
lo_table_descr ?= cl_abap_tabledescr=>create( lo_struc_descr ).

create data lr_data type handle lo_table_descr.
assign lr_data->* to <lt_ra_type>.

create data lr_data like line of <lt_ra_type>.
assign lr_data->* to <ls_ra_type>.

assign component 'SIGN' of structure <ls_ra_type> to <lv_value>.
<lv_value> = 'I'.
assign component 'OPTION' of structure <ls_ra_type> to <lv_value>.
<lv_value> = 'EQ'.
assign component 'LOW' of structure <ls_ra_type> to <lv_value>.
<lv_value> = 'DUMMY1'.
assign component 'HIGH' of structure <ls_ra_type> to <lv_value>.
<lv_value> = 'DUMMY2'.

* <lt_ra_type> is your range table
append <ls_ra_type> to <lt_ra_type>.