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• LIKE CREATE DATA • LINE OF CREATE DATA
CREATE DATA, TYPE, LIKE Short Reference
ABAP_SYNTAX CREATE DATA dref $[ area_handle$] ${ ${TYPE $[LINE OF$] ${type$|(name)$}$} $| ${LIKE $[LINE OF$] dobj$} $}.
What does it do? The type of the created data object is defined by a type or data object specification.
For type, any data type can be specified from the ABAP Dictionary, particularly the DDIC structure of a DDIC database table BEGIN_SECTION VERSION 5 OUT , a DDIC view, END_SECTION VERSION 5 OUT a CDS entity, a CDS type or a public data type of a global class, or any data type of the same program already defined using TYPES and that is either more specific than or identical to the static type of dref. Alternatively, a character-like data object name, which is not case-sensitive, can be specified in parentheses that contains the name of the existing data type when the statement is executed. The name in name can also be an absolute type name . If a standard table type with a generic primary table key is specified after TYPE , a new bound table type with standard key is created and used.
A data object that is visible at this point can be specified for dobj. The generated data object inherits the current data type. If dobj is specified as a formal parameter or field symbol, it can be completely or partially generic. When the statement CREATE DATA is executed, a data object must be bound to a generically typed field symbol or parameter and its type is used. In the case of a completely typed field symbol or parameter, the declared type is used and no data object must be bound. The optional addition LINE OF can be used if type or the name in name is a table type, or if dobj is an internal table. As a result, the generated data object inherits the properties of the line type of the internal table.
Latest notes:
The data objects which can be referred to using LIKE include the public attributes of global classes.
If an anonymous data object is created with an enumerated type, the same rules apply to this object as to every other data object of this type.
If a data type type is used, the instance operator NEW acts like the statement CREATE DATA dref TYPE type and can be used in general expression positions. The dynamic specification of name is not possible here. NON_V5_HINTS
If a type of another program is specified using an absolute type name in name, this program is loaded into a new additional program group or into the current program group, depending on the program type, if it was not already loaded. ABAP_HINT_END
ABAP_EXAMPLE_VX5 Creation of an anonymous data object of type SCARR. ABEXA 00157 ABAP_EXAMPLE_END
ABAP_EXAMPLE_ABEXA Creating Structured Data Objects ABAP_EXAMPLE_END
