Difference Between Select-Options & Ranges

What are the difference between SELECT-OPTIONS & RANGES?

Here both SELECT-OPTIONS & RANGES works for the same purpose. They both are use
d for the range selection from selection screen. The main diff. between them is
, while we use SELECT-OPTIONS system implicitly creates the select options inter
nal table which contains the fields of SIGN,OPTION,LOW & HIGH. But in case of R
ANGES, this internal table should be defined explicitly.
Eg. to SELECT-OPTIONS :
----------------------------------------REPORT YARSELECT.
TABLES YTXLFA1.
SELECT-OPTIONS : VENDOR FOR YTXLFA1-LIFNR.
INITIALIZATION.
VENDOR-LOW
= 1000.
" It specifies the range starting value.
VENDOR-HIGH
= 2000.
" It specifies the range ending value.
VENDOR-OPTION = 'BT'.
" specifies ranges value is in between.
VENDOR-SIGN
= 'I'.
"specifies both inclussive.
APPEND VENDOR.
- - - - - - SELECT LIFNR LAND1 NAME1 FROM LFA1 INTO TABLE ITAB
WHERE LIFNR IN VENDOR.
Eg. to RANGES:
------------------------REPORT YARRANGE.
TABLES YTXLFA1.
RANGES: VENDOR FOR YTXFLA1-LIFNR.
- - - - - - -- - - SELECT LIFNR LAND1 NAME1 FROM LFA1 INTO TABLE ITAB
WHERE LIFNR IN VENDOR.
Here with RANGES user has to design an internal table with fields SIGN,OPTION,LOW and HIGH EXPLICITLY.
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Example:
select-options: bukrs for zstock-bukrs.
Should the user fill in 'ABFI' in BUKRS on the selection screen, BUKRS will look
like this:
IEQABFI
This is because BUKRS is set as a table as follows:

begin of bukrs occurs 0,

SIGN(1)
type c,
OPTION(2) type c,
LOW
like bukrs,
HIGH
like bukrs,
end of bukrs.
Now, when you create the following range, it will have the exact same fields set
inside its table:
Ranges: bukrs for zstock-bukrs.
The difference is, because ranges doesn't show on the selection screen, you will
have to fill it yourself, meaning you will have to fill bukrs-sign, bukrs-optio
n, bukrs-low & bukrs-high all manually.
Some tips:
Sign is always I (for Include) or E (for Exclude)
Option can be a whole range, which includes:
EQ
(Equal)
BT
(Between))
CP
(Contain Pattern)
So let's say you want to have the range check for all company codes not starting
with AB, you will set your code as follow:
ranges: bukrs for zstock-bukrs.
bukrs-sign = 'E'.
bukrs-option = 'CP'.
bukrs-low = 'AB*'.
bukrs-high = ''.
append bukrs.

"Exclude
"Pattern
"Low Value
"High Value

Always remember to APPEND your range when you fill it, as the WHERE clause check
s against the lines of the range table, not against the header line.
Hope this explains it well enough.
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What does SIGN "I" & "E" mean?
The "I" stands for Include, and the "E" for Exclude.
The easiest way to learn how the range selections work is, create the following
dummy program:
report dummy.
tables: mara.
select-options: matnr for mara-matnr.
start-of-selection.
loop at matnr.
write: / matnr-sign,
matnr-option,
matnr-low,
matnr-high.
endloop.
Run this program, and fill in a lot of junk into MATNR. Fill in some includes, s

ome excludes, some ranges, etc., and you will soon realise how the system builds
ranges (select-options). Once you know that, you can fill your own ranges quick
ly and efficiently.
ABAP Tips by : Venkata A Raju Kankipati / Sam Hearn