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FREE MEMORY

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Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Syntax

FREE MEMORY ID id. 

Effect

This statement has the same effect as the statement

DELETE FROM MEMORY ID id.

The addition ID can be omitted outside of classes. In this case, all data clusters are deleted from the ABAP Memory.

Note

The use of FREE MEMORY without the addition ID is obsolete. While the statement EXPORT without addition ID involves only one data cluster, in this case all clusters are involved. It is safest to use the statement DELETE FROM, because here the addition ID is mandatory.

Example

Deletes the data cluster with the ID demo from the ABAP memory.

DATA(dobj) = `xxx`. 

EXPORT contents = dobj TO MEMORY ID 'demo'. 

IMPORT contents = dobj FROM MEMORY ID 'demo'. 
ASSERT sy-subrc = 0. 

FREE MEMORY ID 'demo'. 

IMPORT contents = dobj FROM MEMORY ID 'demo'. 
ASSERT sy-subrc = 4.