Field-Symbols as Method Parameter

Question

Hi all,
is there a way to create a field symbol within a method and export this field-symbol directly as a method parameter?
The problem is that we can't pass a field symbol as method parameter unless it's assigned, but we would like to assign the field symbol within a method and give the result back to the calling program.
We have managed to create a field symbol within the method and give back the result as a reference (we used the type ANY).
We would like to pass the result field-symbol directly as a Method parameter.
Any ideas?
Best regards Dominik

Answer 1

Hi all,
thanks for you help. I managed to do the method calls with reference parameters but I'd like to do it with fieldsymbols instead.
Your suggentions for field-symbold worked, but I could use them only with primitive datatypes.
In my requirements the table must be created within the method, so the caller doesn't know the tablestructure.
If a dummy table is assigned to the field-symbol before the call, the error "Two internal tables are neither compatible nor convertible" is produced.
Is there a solution?
Thanks in advance
Dominik
class ZZX0_CL_TEST definition
  public
  final
  create public .
public section.
  class-methods FIELD_SYMBOLS_TAB_TEST
    changing
      !FS type ANY .
METHOD FIELD_SYMBOLS_TAB_TEST .
  DATA: it_t000 TYPE TABLE OF t000.
  FIELD-SYMBOLS <field_symbol> TYPE ANY TABLE.
  ASSIGN it_t000 TO <field_symbol>.
  fs = <field_symbol>.
  EXIT.
ENDMETHOD.
REPORT zzx0_mini.
DATA: it_mara  TYPE TABLE OF mara.
START-OF-SELECTION.
* Tabellen test
  FIELD-SYMBOLS: <fs> TYPE STANDARD TABLE.
  ASSIGN it_mara TO <fs>.
*  ASSIGN it_t000 TO <fs>.
  CALL METHOD zzx0_cl_test=>field_symbols_tab_test
    CHANGING
      fs = <fs>.
  EXIT.