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DESCRIBE FIELD - Short Reference

Reference

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Syntax

DESCRIBE FIELD dobj 
  [TYPE typ [COMPONENTS com]] 
  [LENGTH ilen IN {BYTE|CHARACTER} MODE] 

  [DECIMALS dec] 
  [OUTPUT-LENGTH olen] 
  [HELP-ID hlp] 
  [EDIT MASK mask]. 

Effect

Determines the attributes of a data object dobj.

Additions

• TYPE typ [COMPONENTS com]
  Returns the data type in typ and the number of components in com.
• LENGTH ilen IN {BYTE|CHARACTER} MODE
  Returns the length in bytes or characters in ilen.
• DECIMALS dec
  Returns the number of decimal places in dec.
• OUTPUT-LENGTH olen
  Returns the output length on the screen layouts in olen.
• HELP-ID hlp
  

Returns the name of the data element in the ABAP Dictionary to which the type of dobj refers, in hlp.

• EDIT MASK mask
  Returns the name of the conversion routine in the ABAP Dictionary that is assigned to the type of dobj, in mask.