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Meshes in Release 7.40, SP05


1. Data types for meshes


2. Processing meshes

The meshes (introduced in Release 7.40 SP05) are special structures whose components are internal tables, which can be linked to each other using associations. Associations are evaluated by specifying mesh paths in suitable expressions and statements.

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Modification 1

Data types for meshes

Mesh types can be created using the following new variant of the TYPES statement:

TYPES BEGIN OF MESH
  ...
  TYPES snode ... ASSOCIATION to_node
                  TO tnode ON tcomp1 = scomp1 [AND ...].
  ...
TYPES END OF MESH

Meshes are instances of these types and can be used in suitable expressions and statements.

Modification 2

Processing meshes

These relationships (defined using associations) between mesh nodes in a mesh can be evaluated in mesh paths. These mesh paths can be used in the following expressions and statements: