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ASSIGN - Short Reference

Reference

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Syntax

ASSIGN { dobj[+off][(len)] 
       | [TABLE FIELD] (name) 

       | dref->* 
       | {dobj INCREMENT inc} 

       | {COMPONENT comp OF STRUCTURE struc} 
       | oref->(attr_name) 

       | {class|(class_name)}=>{attr|(attr_name)} } 
  TO <fs> 

  [ { CASTING [ {TYPE type|(name)} 
              | {LIKE dobj} 

              | {[TYPE p] DECIMALS dec} 

              | {TYPE HANDLE handle} ] } 

  | { {TYPE name} 
    | {[TYPE name] DECIMALS dec} } ] 
  [RANGE range]. 

Effect

Assigns a memory area to a field symbol <fs>.

Additions

Specifying the memory area

• dobj[+off][(len)] - Data object dobj or its subarea off(len)
• (name) - Data object contained in name
• TABLE FIELD - Obsolete: Restricts the search for the data object (contained in name) to interface work areas declared using the TABLES statement
• dref->* - De-referenced reference variable
• dobj INCREMENT inc - Area that is incremented inc times by the length of dobj
• COMPONENT comp OF STRUCTURE struct - Component comp of a structure struc
• oref->(attr_name) - Attribute of an object referenced by oref, specified in attr_name
• {class|(class_name)}=>{attr|(attr_name)} - Static attribute attr of the class class, where you can also specify the attribute and class as the content of attr_name and class_name

Specifying the data type

• CASTING
  Specifies the data type used to handle the memory area:
  
  TYPE type|(name) - Data type type, which you can also specify as the content of name

LIKE dobj - Data type of data object dobj

[TYPE p] DECIMALS dec - Data type p, with decimal places specified in dec
TYPE HANDLE handle - Data type that handle points to, using the type object specified by the RTTS
• [TYPE name] DECIMALS dec
  Obsolete: Casting to an elementary ABAP type in name or to the decimal places in dec

Restriction of the memory area

• RANGE range
  Restricts the assignable memory area to the data object range