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Reference

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Syntax

COLLECT wa INTO itab { [ASSIGNING <fs> [CASTING]] 

                 
   | [REFERENCE INTO dref] }. 

Effect

Inserts work areas wa as rows in an internal table itab. Here, the primary table key already exists for some rows and the values of the remaining components are added to the values of the existing rows.

Additions

• ASSIGNING <fs> [CASTING]
  Assigns the inserted row to the field symbol <fs>. A casting can be performed here.
• REFERENCE INTO dref
  The data reference in dref is set to the inserted row.