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MOVE-CORRESPONDING - Short Reference

Reference

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Syntax

MOVE-CORRESPONDING [EXACT] { struc1 TO struc2 [EXPANDING NESTED TABLES] } 
 
                 
     | { itab1  TO itab2  [EXPANDING NESTED TABLES] 
 
                 
                          [KEEPING TARGET LINES] }. 

Effect

Assigns components of a structure struc1 or an internal table itab1 to components with the same name in structure struc2 or internal table itab2.

Additions

• EXACT
  No values are lost in this assignment.
• EXPANDING NESTED TABLES
  Planned: Tabular components to be replaced.
• KEEPING TARGET LINES
  Planned: Target tables are not to be overwritten and data is added to them instead.