Move and Assign Statement

Question

What is the difference between Move & assign statement?

Answer 1

Hi,
MOVE:
For eg,
I_MARA is the internal table which has 1 record,
TYPES: BEGIN OF STRUCT_MARA,
       MATNR TYPE MATNR,
       MTART TYPE MTART,
       MEINS TYPE MEINS,
       END OF STRUCT_MARA.
DATA: I_MARA TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF STRUCT_MARA WITH HEADER LINE.
data: v_matnr type matnr.
(if V_MATNR is a variable of type matnr (V_MATNR TYPE MATNR)).
Then,
The data has to be moved into V_MATNR,
ie,
MOVE: I_MARA-MATNR TO V_MATNR.
Note: MOVE can be used for tranfering data between two variables of same type also.
ASSIGN:
I_MARA is the internal table which has 1 record,
TYPES: BEGIN OF STRUCT_MARA,
       MATNR TYPE MATNR,
       MTART TYPE MTART,
       MEINS TYPE MEINS,
       END OF STRUCT_MARA.
DATA: I_MARA TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF STRUCT_MARA WITH HEADER LINE.
data: <f1> type any.
(if <f1>is a field-symbol of type any (<f1> type any)).
Then,
ASSIGN I_MARA-MATNR TO <f1>.
The field-symbol <f1> will point the address of the I_MARA-MATNR
Note: ASSIGN i s only used for field-symbols and it is used by the field-symbols to point the address of a field used in ASSIGN syntax.
hope this helps.