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destination1 = destination2 = ...

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Syntax

destination1 = destination2 = ... = destination = source. 

Effect

By using the equals sign, you can simultaneously execute several assignments in one statement. The statement is identical to:

destination  = source
         ... = destination
destination2 = ...
destination1 = destination2.

Note

Possible conversions are executed at every single assignment, so that a value assigned to a data object on the left side may be converted several times, if the operands have different data types. To be able to assign the value of source to different data objects with one conversion each, you need several statements.

Example

After the assignments, all data objects involved contain the name "Hugo".

DATA: name  TYPE string, 
      name1 TYPE string, 
      name2 TYPE string, 
      name3 TYPE string. 

MOVE `Hugo` TO name. 

name3 = name2 = name1 = name.