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ASSIGN - obsolete_casting
Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54
Obsolete Syntax
... { TYPE name } | { [TYPE name] DECIMALS dec } ... .
Additions
Effect
This form of the addition casting_spec
for the ASSIGN statement in which
you specify TYPE or DECIMALS without the
CASTING addition, is not allowed in classes. Furthermore, it can neither be used together with
the statement INCREMENT in
mem_area nor with the addition RANGE.
However, the field symbol may be typed using the obsolete addition
STRUCTURE of the FIELD-SYMBOLS statement.
Addition 1
... TYPE name
Effect
After TYPE, a character-like data object name
of length 1 is expected, which must contain exactly one of the case-sensitive letters "C", "D", "F", "I", "N", "P", "T", "X", "b", or "s" when the statement is executed. These letters label the respective built-in
ABAP types and have the following effects:
-
If the field symbol
<fs>is typed completely or in parts, the typing must match the ABAP type specified afterTYPE. The assigned memory area is casted to the type of the field symbol. -
If the field symbol is typed completely generically, the type of the assigned memory area is casted to the ABAP type specified after
TYPE.
Note
The specification of the predefined types b and s
using "b" or "s" is an exception to the rule that these cannot be specified in statements, and is only permitted in these obsolete variants.
Example
Addition 2
... DECIMALS dec
Effect
After DECIMALS, you must specify a numeric data object dec. For the
casting, data type p is used; the size of the
fractional portion
is determined by the content of dec. You do not need to specify TYPE
for DECIMALS. If you specify TYPE, name must contain data type "P", which is used anyway.
Example