ABAP Keyword Documentation → ABAP Glossary
text symbol
Named data object of an
ABAP program. It is entered as part of the
text elements of the program
and addressed in the program using the name text-idf, where idf
is the three-character ID of the text symbol. This ID can be constructed from all alphanumeric characters including "_". A text symbol has the
data type
c and the length defined in the text elements by mlen. If the text symbol is not in the currently loaded
text pool, text-idf is handled like an initial single-character
text field. A text symbol can also be associated with the
text field literals
using the syntax 'Literal'(idf) and replaces these literals in the program, if the symbol is in the currently loaded text pool.