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ABAP 7.5 - FILTER Statement

There are two internal tables, say, itab1 and itab2. Both are of the same definition. If the entries in itab2 should not be present in itab1, we use FILTER function along with 'EXCEPT IN'. There are two internal tables, say, itab1 and itab2. Both are of the same definition. If only the entries in itab2 should be present in itab1, we use FILTER function along with 'IN'. FILTER required SORTED / HASHED internal tables. Example program is below. REPORT  zag_75_filter1 . TYPES :  BEGIN  OF  lty_filter ,          field1  TYPE  i ,          field2  TYPE  i ,         END  OF  lty_filter ,        ltt_filter  TYPE  SORTED  TABLE  OF  lty_filter  WITH  NON-UNIQUE  KEY  field1 field2 . DATA :  lt_main   ...