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• BIG ENDIAN OPEN DATASET • LITTLE ENDIAN OPEN DATASET
OPEN DATASET, endian Short Reference
ABAP_SYNTAX ... ${BIG$|LITTLE$} ENDIAN ...
What does it do? This addition specifies that, when a legacy file is opened, numeric data objects of the type i, int8, decfloat16, decfloat34, f, or s are stored in the file in the byte order Big Endian or Little Endian. When a data object of these types is written or read, a conversion between these orders and the byte order of the current platform is performed, if necessary. If the addition is not specified, the byte order of the host computer of the current ABAP_ASINSTANCE is used.
Latest notes:
The statement SET DATASET can be used to specify a different byte order for an opened legacy file.
The addition ${BIG$|LITTLE$} ENDIAN replaces the use of the obsolete statement TRANSLATE NUMBER FORMAT in the case of file accesses. ABAP_HINT_END
Example ABAP Coding
Opens a legacy binary file with different byte orders for writing. In each case, the integer 111 is written to the file and the content is read in binary format to a byte string. The results are 0000006F and 6F000000, that is, 111 in binary format in Big Endian and Little Endian. ABEXA 00468 ABAP_EXAMPLE_END
