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READ, LOOP, INSERT, COLLECT, APPEND, MODIFY, DELETE - Short Forms

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Obsolete Syntax

READ TABLE itab table_key| free_key|index.

LOOP AT itab [cond].

INSERT itab_position [result].

COLLECT itab [result].

APPEND TO itab [SORTED BY comp] [result].

MODIFY table_key|index [TRANSPORTING comp1 comp2 ...] [result].
MODIFY itab TRANSPORTING comp1 comp2 ... WHERE log_exp|(cond_syntax).

DELETE TABLE itab.

Effect

In the processing statements shown above for internal tables, a specification of the obsolete header lines INTO itab, itab INTO, itab TO, and FROM itab is supplemented implicitly. For these short forms to be used, a header line must exist. These short forms must not be used in classes. Instead, an explicit work area INTO wa, wa INTO, wa TO, and FROM wa must be specified.