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DESCRIBE FIELD - Quick 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 screens in olen.
  • HELP-ID hlp
    Returns the name of the data element in ABAP Dictionary referred to by the type of dobj hlp.
  • EDIT MASK mask
    Returns the name of the conversion routine in ABAP Dictionary
    that is assigned to the type of dobj in mask.