Problem in using Field Symbols in HIDE statement

Hi All,
I am working in an Upgrade project ( from 4.6B to ECC 5.0 ). In a program I found few warnings on HIDE statement because they have used Field Symbols in HIDE statement.
The warning is " HIDE on a field symbol is dangerous, but the formal parameter "" is not ".
and the piece of code is
SET EXTENDED CHECK OFF.
HIDE: flg_pick_up, <s1>, <s2>, <s3>, <s4>, <s5>, z_feld_ind.
CLEAR flg_pick_up.
SET EXTENDED CHECK ON.
all the field symbols are of type ANY. SO can any one help in removing those warnings.
Please reply me as soon as possible.
With Regards,
Amarnath Singanamala

Hi amarnath,
1. Why do u want to remove
   the warning ?
2. This warning (and not an error)
   is a GENUINE warning,
  which the system wants the user to make aware of.
3. By doing some xyz,
  even if u may be able to hide the warning,
  the warning may be hidden (for display purpose only),
  but,
  the warning will still be there inside the system.
4. I think u should ignore the warning,
  (if there are no other repurcussions).
regards,
amit m.

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    All operations programmed with field symbols are applied to the field assigned to it. For example, a MOVE statement between two field symbols moves the contents of the field assigned to the first field symbol to the field assigned to the second field symbol. The field symbols themselves point to the same fields after the MOVE statement as they did before.
    You can create field symbols either without or with type specifications. If you do not specify a type, the field symbol inherits all of the technical attributes of the field assigned to it. If you do specify a type, the system checks the compatibility of the field symbol and the field you are assigning to it during the ASSIGN statement.
    Field symbols provide greater flexibility when you address data objects:
    If you want to process sections of fields, you can specify the offset and length of the field dynamically.
    You can assign one field symbol to another, which allows you to address parts of fields.
    Assignments to field symbols may extend beyond field boundaries. This allows you to address regular sequences of fields in memory efficiently.
    You can also force a field symbol to take different technical attributes from those of the field assigned to it.
    The flexibility of field symbols provides elegant solutions to certain problems. On the other hand, it does mean that errors can easily occur. Since fields are not assigned to field symbols until runtime, the effectiveness of syntax and security checks is very limited for operations involving field symbols. This can lead to runtime errors or incorrect data assignments.
    While runtime errors indicate an obvious problem, incorrect data assignments are dangerous because they can be very difficult to detect. For this reason, you should only use field symbols if you cannot achieve the same result using other ABAP statements.
    For example, you may want to process part of a string where the offset and length depend on the contents of the field. You could use field symbols in this case. However, since the MOVE statement also supports variable offset and length specifications, you should use it instead. The MOVE statement (with your own auxiliary variables if required) is much safer than using field symbols, since it cannot address memory beyond the boundary of a field. However, field symbols may improve performance in some cases.
    check the below links u will get the answers for your questions
    http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/fc/eb3860358411d1829f0000e829fbfe/content.htm
    http://www.sts.tu-harburg.de/teaching/sap_r3/ABAP4/field_sy.htm
    http://searchsap.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid21_gci920484,00.html
    Syntax Diagram
    FIELD-SYMBOLS
    Basic form
    FIELD-SYMBOLS <fs>.
    Extras:
    1. ... TYPE type
    2. ... TYPE REF TO cif
    3. ... TYPE REF TO DATA
    4. ... TYPE LINE OF type
    5. ... LIKE s
    6. ... LIKE LINE OF s
    7. ... TYPE tabkind
    8. ... STRUCTURE s DEFAULT wa
    The syntax check performed in an ABAP Objects context is stricter than in other ABAP areas. See Cannot Use Untyped Field Symbols ad Cannot Use Field Symbols as Components of Classes.
    Effect
    This statement declares a symbolic field called <fs>. At runtime, you can assign a concrete field to the field symbol using ASSIGN. All operations performed with the field symbol then directly affect the field assigned to it.
    You can only use one of the additions.
    Example
    Output aircraft type from the table SFLIGHT using a field symbol:
    FIELD-SYMBOLS <PT> TYPE ANY.
    DATA SFLIGHT_WA TYPE SFLIGHT.
    ASSIGN SFLIGHT_WA-PLANETYPE TO <PT>.
    WRITE <PT>.
    Addition 1
    ... TYPE type
    Addition 2
    ... TYPE REF TO cif
    Addition 3
    ... TYPE REF TO DATA
    Addition 4
    ... TYPE LINE OF type
    Addition 5
    ... LIKE s
    Addition 6
    ... LIKE LINE OF s
    Addition 7
    ... TYPE tabkind
    Effect
    You can define the type of the field symbol using additions 2 to 7 (just as you can for FORM parameters (compare Defining the Type of Subroutine Parameters). When you use the ASSIGN statement, the system carries out the same type checks as for USING parameters of FORMs.
    This addition is not allowed in an ABAP Objects context. See Cannot Use Obsolete Casting for FIELD SYMBOLS.
    In some cases, the syntax rules that apply to Unicode programs are different than those for non-Unicode programs. See Defining Types Using STRUCTURE.
    Effect
    Assigns any (internal) field string or structure to the field symbol from the ABAP Dictionary (s). All fields of the structure can be addressed by name: <fs>-fieldname. The structured field symbol points initially to the work area wa specified after DEFAULT.
    The work area wa must be at least as long as the structure s. If s contains fields of the type I or F, wa should have the structure s or at least begin in that way, since otherwise alignment problems may occur.
    Example
    Address components of the flight bookings table SBOOK using a field symbol:
    DATA SBOOK_WA LIKE SBOOK.
    FIELD-SYMBOLS <SB> STRUCTURE SBOOK
    DEFAULT SBOOK_WA.
    WRITE: <SB>-BOOKID, <SB>-FLDATE.
    Related
    ASSIGN, DATA
    Additional help
    Declaring Field Symbols

  • How to use field symbols in program

    how to use field symbols can any one explain with example please..
    Regards,
    venki...

    Hi
    Field Symbols
    Field symbols are placeholders or symbolic names for other fields. They do not physically reserve space for a field, but point to its contents. A field symbol cam point to any data object. The data object to which a field symbol points is assigned to it after it has been declared in the program.
    Whenever you address a field symbol in a program, you are addressing the field that is assigned to the field symbol. After successful assignment, there is no difference in ABAP whether you reference the field symbol or the field itself. You must assign a field to each field symbol before you can address the latter in programs.
    Field symbols are similar to dereferenced pointers in C (that is, pointers to which the content operator * is applied). However, the only real equivalent of pointers in ABAP, that is, variables that contain a memory address (reference) and that can be used without the contents operator, are reference variables in ABAP Objects.
    All operations programmed with field symbols are applied to the field assigned to it. For example, a MOVE statement between two field symbols moves the contents of the field assigned to the first field symbol to the field assigned to the second field symbol. The field symbols themselves point to the same fields after the MOVE statement as they did before.
    You can create field symbols either without or with type specifications. If you do not specify a type, the field symbol inherits all of the technical attributes of the field assigned to it. If you do specify a type, the system checks the compatibility of the field symbol and the field you are assigning to it during the ASSIGN statement.
    Field symbols provide greater flexibility when you address data objects:
    If you want to process sections of fields, you can specify the offset and length of the field dynamically.
    You can assign one field symbol to another, which allows you to address parts of fields.
    Assignments to field symbols may extend beyond field boundaries. This allows you to address regular sequences of fields in memory efficiently.
    You can also force a field symbol to take different technical attributes from those of the field assigned to it.
    The flexibility of field symbols provides elegant solutions to certain problems. On the other hand, it does mean that errors can easily occur. Since fields are not assigned to field symbols until runtime, the effectiveness of syntax and security checks is very limited for operations involving field symbols. This can lead to runtime errors or incorrect data assignments.
    While runtime errors indicate an obvious problem, incorrect data assignments are dangerous because they can be very difficult to detect. For this reason, you should only use field symbols if you cannot achieve the same result using other ABAP statements.
    For example, you may want to process part of a string where the offset and length depend on the contents of the field. You could use field symbols in this case. However, since the MOVE statement also supports variable offset and length specifications, you should use it instead. The MOVE statement (with your own auxiliary variables if required) is much safer than using field symbols, since it cannot address memory beyond the boundary of a field. However, field symbols may improve performance in some cases.
    check the below links u will get the answers for your questions
    http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/fc/eb3860358411d1829f0000e829fbfe/content.htm
    http://www.sts.tu-harburg.de/teaching/sap_r3/ABAP4/field_sy.htm
    http://searchsap.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid21_gci920484,00.html
    Syntax Diagram
    FIELD-SYMBOLS
    Basic form
    FIELD-SYMBOLS <fs>.
    Extras:
    1. ... TYPE type
    2. ... TYPE REF TO cif
    3. ... TYPE REF TO DATA
    4. ... TYPE LINE OF type
    5. ... LIKE s
    6. ... LIKE LINE OF s
    7. ... TYPE tabkind
    8. ... STRUCTURE s DEFAULT wa
    The syntax check performed in an ABAP Objects context is stricter than in other ABAP areas. See Cannot Use Untyped Field Symbols ad Cannot Use Field Symbols as Components of Classes.
    Effect
    This statement declares a symbolic field called <fs>. At runtime, you can assign a concrete field to the field symbol using ASSIGN. All operations performed with the field symbol then directly affect the field assigned to it.
    You can only use one of the additions.
    Example
    Output aircraft type from the table SFLIGHT using a field symbol:
    FIELD-SYMBOLS <PT> TYPE ANY.
    DATA SFLIGHT_WA TYPE SFLIGHT.
    ASSIGN SFLIGHT_WA-PLANETYPE TO <PT>.
    WRITE <PT>.
    Addition 1
    ... TYPE type
    Addition 2
    ... TYPE REF TO cif
    Addition 3
    ... TYPE REF TO DATA
    Addition 4
    ... TYPE LINE OF type
    Addition 5
    ... LIKE s
    Addition 6
    ... LIKE LINE OF s
    Addition 7
    ... TYPE tabkind
    Effect
    You can define the type of the field symbol using additions 2 to 7 (just as you can for FORM parameters (compare Defining the Type of Subroutine Parameters). When you use the ASSIGN statement, the system carries out the same type checks as for USING parameters of FORMs.
    This addition is not allowed in an ABAP Objects context. See Cannot Use Obsolete Casting for FIELD SYMBOLS.
    In some cases, the syntax rules that apply to Unicode programs are different than those for non-Unicode programs. See Defining Types Using STRUCTURE.
    Effect
    Assigns any (internal) field string or structure to the field symbol from the ABAP Dictionary (s). All fields of the structure can be addressed by name: <fs>-fieldname. The structured field symbol points initially to the work area wa specified after DEFAULT.
    The work area wa must be at least as long as the structure s. If s contains fields of the type I or F, wa should have the structure s or at least begin in that way, since otherwise alignment problems may occur.
    Example
    Address components of the flight bookings table SBOOK using a field symbol:
    DATA SBOOK_WA LIKE SBOOK.
    FIELD-SYMBOLS <SB> STRUCTURE SBOOK
    DEFAULT SBOOK_WA.
    WRITE: <SB>-BOOKID, <SB>-FLDATE.
    <b>Reward points for useful Answers</b>
    Regards
    Anji

  • Using field-symbols giving dump " the output area is too small.  "

    Hi All,
    Good Afternoon.
    I  am creating a report using field-symbols. The purpose is :
    "This development involves extracting all the fields and the entire data, of any SAP table, and download it as a ‘;’ seperator file."
    For this I wrote following code:
    *& Report  ZTOOL
    REPORT  ztool1.
    Tables***************************************
    DATA : i_tab TYPE TABLE OF dfies WITH HEADER LINE.
    Variables***************************************
    DATA dref TYPE REF TO data.
    FIELD-SYMBOLS <ft> TYPE ANY TABLE." with header line.
    FIELD-SYMBOLS <fs> TYPE ANY .
    DATA: w_heading(5000),
         w_line(5000).
    CONSTANTS  sep TYPE c VALUE ';'.
    Selection Screen*********************************
    SELECTION-SCREEN BEGIN OF BLOCK b1 WITH FRAME.
    PARAMETERS : p_tab LIKE dfies-tabname OBLIGATORY.
    PARAMETERS : p_file(100) TYPE c .
    PARAMETERS : p_lfile(100) TYPE c .
    SELECTION-SCREEN END OF BLOCK b1.
    START-OF-SELECTION.
      CALL FUNCTION 'GET_FIELDTAB'
       EXPORTING
         langu                     = sy-langu
      ONLY                      = ' '
         tabname                   = p_tab
      WITHTEXT                  = 'X'
    IMPORTING
      HEADER                    =
      RC                        =
        TABLES
          fieldtab                  = i_tab
    EXCEPTIONS
       internal_error            = 1
       no_texts_found            = 2
       table_has_no_fields       = 3
       table_not_activ           = 4
       OTHERS                    = 5
      IF sy-subrc <> 0.
        MESSAGE ID sy-msgid TYPE sy-msgty NUMBER sy-msgno
                WITH sy-msgv1 sy-msgv2 sy-msgv3 sy-msgv4.
      ENDIF.
         SELECT * FROM (p_tab) INTO <fs> .       
         endselect.
         CREATE DATA dref TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF (p_tab).
           ENDSELECT.
          assign dref to <fs> casting.
         ASSIGN dref->* TO <ft>.
         SELECT & FROM (p_tab) INTO table <ft>.
         OPEN DATASET p_lfile FOR INPUT IN TEXT MODE ENCODING DEFAULT.
    LOOP AT i_tab.
      IF sy-index = 1.
        w_heading = i_tab-fieldname.
      ELSE.
      CONCATENATE w_heading i_tab-fieldname INTO w_heading SEPARATED BY sep.
      ENDIF.
    ENDLOOP.
    TRANSFER w_heading TO p_lfile.
    LOOP AT <ft> into <ft>.
    clear w_line.
      LOOP AT i_tab.
             ASSIGN COMPONENT i_tab-fieldname OF STRUCTURE <ft> TO <fs>.
             IF sy-index = 1.
                  w_line = <fs> .
             ELSE.
                  CONCATENATE w_line <fs> into w_line SEPARATED BY sep.
             ENDIF.
      ENDLOOP.
      TRANSFER w_line TO p_file.
    ENDLOOP.
    The program is executed well till the statement :
    SELECT * FROM (p_tab) INTO <fs> .       
         endselect.
    But here it gives the following dump : 
    "Error analysis
        In an Open SQL select, the output area used t
        records must be at least as wide as the datab
        records are being read.
        In this particular case, the database table i
        but the output area is only 2 bytes wide."
    Can you please help me solve this problem.
    Thanks in advance.

    Hi Abhii,
    Both are having the same number of fields.
    The only problem is with the data and time (in my scenario). Here, actual length of date is 8 and maximum length is 10. and for time the actual length is 6 and maximum length is 8.
    So, my work area it is taking only the actual length but not the maximum length because of this it is going to dump.
    Can i have any thing which also considers the maximum length of any field at a domain level so that by work area bytes should match according to the db table byte length.
    Thanks
    rohith

  • Problem related to field-Symbol?

    HI All,
    I am writting the below coding, Please tell me whether the Field Symbol will act as a table or not as I want to append a lot of data to field symbol. Please tell me is there any problem in the code.
    LOOP AT lt_vepoequi_keys into ls_vepoequi_keys.
            READ TABLE lt_vekp ASSIGNING <ls_vekp_str> with key
              matnr = ls_vepoequi_keys-matnr.
            IF sy-subrc = 0.
              <ls_vekp_str>-stoff = ls_vepoequi_keys-stoff.
              <ls_vekp_str>-sonum = ls_vepoequi_keys-sonum.
              <ls_vekp_str>-lagkl = ls_vepoequi_keys-lagkl.
              <ls_vekp_str>-lagkt = ls_vepoequi_keys-lagkt.
    endif.
    endloop.

    Hi Abhinav,
    you have internal table (say it_employee) with fields name,age,senior_category.
    now when you loop this internal table you will need workarea.
    loop at it_employee into wa_employee.
                      if wa_employee-age > 60.
                            wa_employee-senior_category = 'YES'.
                      else.
                              wa_employee-senior_category = 'NO'.
                      endif.
                              modify it_employee from wa_employee. 
                     endloop.
    now one use of Field-symbols is : when internal table is huge and when you loop with workarea and modify internal table each time, it takes time. So if we use Field-symbols performance would increase.
    loop at it_employee assigning into <fs_employee>.
                      if <fs_employee>-age > 60.
                            <fs_employee>-senior_category = 'YES'.
                      else.
                              <fs_employee>-senior_category = 'NO'.
                      endif.
                endloop.
    Now  you see in the above code, i have not used modify statement because when i loop internal table, the field symbol points directly to the memory of internal table.
    So during loop if i assign any value to the field symbol then it directly changes the internal table value, so there wont be any need to use modify statement.
    Hope you are clear with this example....
    Regards
    Sajid

  • How to populate one internal table from another using field symbols

    Hi Gurus,
      I have a problem. I have to populate one internal table (sructure t_otput) from another internal table (sructure t_from) using field symbol.
    Structure for from table.
    types: begin of t_from,
             year(4) type c,
             ww(2) type c,
             site type marc-werks,
             demand type i,
           end of t_from.
    Structure for output table.
    types: begin of t_display,
             title(30),
             WW1(10),
             WW2(10),
             WW3(10),
           end of t_display.
    The from table looks like this:
    Year | WW | Site | Demand
    2005 | 1  | OR1  | 12.00
    2005 | 2  | OR1  | 13.00
    2005 | 3  | OR1  | 14.00
    The display table which has to be populated should look like this:
    Title  | WW1   | WW2   | WW3
    OR1    |       |       |
    Demand | 12.00 | 13.00 | 14.00
    How to populate display table using field symbol?
    Please give code snippets
    Thanks,
    Gopal

    Gopal,
    Here is the code, however I am not vary clear about the ORG1 and Demand display that you have shown in the display. I am sure with this code it should not be a big deal to tweak in whatever manner you want.
    TABLES : marc.
    TYPES: BEGIN OF type_display,
    title(30),
    ww1(10),
    ww2(10),
    ww3(10),
    END OF type_display.
    TYPES: BEGIN OF type_from,
    year(4) TYPE c,
    ww(2) TYPE c,
    site TYPE marc-werks,
    demand TYPE i,
    END OF type_from.
    data : t_from type table of type_from,
           t_display type table of type_display.
    field-symbols : <fs_from> type type_from,
                    <fs_display> type type_display.
    data : wa_from type type_From,
           wa_display type type_display.
    wa_from-year = '2005'.
    wa_from-ww   = '1'.
    wa_from-site = 'OR1'.
    wa_from-demand = '12.00'.
    insert wa_from  into table t_from.
    wa_from-year = '2005'.
    wa_from-ww   = '2'.
    wa_from-site = 'OR1'.
    wa_from-demand = '13.00'.
    insert wa_from  into table t_from.
    wa_from-year = '2005'.
    wa_from-ww   = '3'.
    wa_from-site = 'OR1'.
    wa_from-demand = '14.00'.
    insert wa_from  into table t_from.
    data : variable(3) type c.
    field-symbols : <fs_any> type any.
    break-point.
    Loop at t_from assigning <fs_from>.
    variable = 'WW'.
    wa_display-title = <fs_from>-site.
    concatenate variable <fs_from>-ww into variable.
    assign component variable of structure wa_display to <fs_any>.
    <fs_any> = <fs_from>-demand.
    endloop.
    append wa_display to t_display.
    clear wa_display.
    loop at t_display assigning <Fs_display>.
      write :/ <fs_display>.
    endloop.
    Note : Please award points if this helps you.
    Regards,
    Ravi

  • Data Maintain in a table form another table....using field symbols.

    Hi,
    I am using dynamic table concepts.I am using field symbols.I need to maintain two tables of similar structure.
    when i append data it will enter into both tables.when i unassign first table and reassign it ,i am getting back that data again into first table ..how to slve this problem.i need to start first table as fresh table and second table contain copy of the first table.

    Hi,
    maybe you should clarify your problem a bit more by pasting some code and try to explain it a bit more in detail.
    Roy

  • How to use field-symbols in MODIFY ... TRANSPORTING and SORT

    Hi,
    I need to increase the performance of an abap report using the field-symbols. More exactly  the code is the following.
    TYPES:
      BEGIN OF itab_structure.
         INCLUDE STRUCTURE nameofstructure.
      TYPES:
         RECNO   LIKE sy-tabix,
      END OF itab_structure.
    DATA:
      itab TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF  itab_structure
           WITH HEADER LINE
           WITH NON-UNIQUE DEFAULT KEY INITIAL SIZE 0.
    SORT itab ASCENDING BY f1.
    LOOP AT itab WHERE f1 = '10'.
        itab-fn= value-n.
    MODIFY itab
                 TRANSPORTING  fx fy fz ft     
                        WHERE  f1   = c1_filed AND
                                      f2   = c2_field.
    ENDLOOP.
    I need your suggestions in this kind of conversion or solution.
    SORT itab ASCENDING BY f1 (<-- I don't know if in this case the better performances should be obtained using field symbols and in which way)
    FIELD-SYMBOLS: <fs_itab_line> TYPE LINE OF itab.
    LOOP AT itab ASSIGNING <fs_itab_line> WHERE
    <fs_itab_line>-f1 = '10'.
    MODIFY itab 
                 TRANSPORTING  fx fy fz ft     
                        WHERE  f1   = c1_filed AND
                                      f2   = c2_field.
    (I don't know if in this case the better performances should be obtained using field symbols and in which way)
    ENDLOOP.
    I wish to implement the field symbols or the better performance in terms of execution time in all my abap code, where it is possible.
    Any suggestion will be well appreciated.
    Thanks in advance for your kind support.
    Regards,
           Giovanni

    Dear All,
    I have appeciated your suggestions and I can conclude these points in my case:
    1) The "sort" statement is not optimized in a different way using filed-symbols
    2) The loop with "where" condition on a standard table is performed using filed-symbols
    But ... my last point to investigate is about the statement MODIFY table TRANSPORTING f1, f2 WHERE conditions.
    More exactly, in my code the execution logic of the abap code expects a global modification of the same table at the end of every (primary) loop, using the MODYFY statement.
    In other words in my code I can locate two loops on the same table in the following logic:
    LOOP AT table1 WHERE f1 = '10'. (#1)
          updates to table1
          set c1_filed, c2_filed
          LOOP AT table1.   (#2)            
             IF f1 = c1_filed AND
                f2 = c2_filed.
               table1-fx = 'x'.
               table1-fy = 'y'.
               table1-fz = 'z'.
               table1-ft = 't'.   
             ENDIF.                 
             MODIFY table1.            
          ENDLOOP.   (#2)              
    ENDLOOP.   (#1)
    In better way (maybe more fast in terms of execution time) to modify a set of lines (MODIFY...TRANSPORTING...WHERE):
    LOOP AT table1 WHERE f1 = '10'.
       table1-fx= 'x'.
       table1-fy= 'y'.
       table1-fz= 'z'.
       table1-ft= 't'.
       MODIFY itab
          TRANSPORTING fx fy fz ft
       WHERE f1 = c1_filed AND
             f2 = c2_field.
    ENDLOOP.
    My aim is to use field-symbols everywhere possible for speeding up the execution of my code,by maintaining this logic.
    My proposal should be the following but I need your kind opinion.
    FIELD-SYMBOLS: <fs_#1_line> TYPE LINE OF table1.
    FIELD-SYMBOLS: <fs_#2_line> TYPE LINE OF table1.
    LOOP AT table1 WHERE f1 = '10' ASSIGNING <fs_#1_line>. (#1)
          updates to table1
          set c1_filed, c2_filed
          LOOP AT table1 ASSIGNING <fs_#2_line>.  (#2)            
             IF <fs_#2_line>-f1 = c1_filed AND
                <fs_#2_line>-f2 = c2_filed.
               <fs_#2_line>-fx = 'x'.
               <fs_#2_line>-fy = 'y'.
               <fs_#2_line>-fz = 'z'.
               <fs_#2_line>-ft = 't'.   
             ENDIF.                 
          ENDLOOP.   (#2)              
    ENDLOOP.   (#1)
    Your kind support is very important for me.
    Thanks in advance.
    Regards,
         Giovanni

  • How to use Field-symbol with dynamic select query

    Can anybody tell me, how to use field-symbols in the dynamic select query.

    FIELD-SYMBOLS <fs> { typing | STRUCTURE struc DEFAULT dobj }.
    1. ... typing
    2. ... STRUCTURE struc DEFAULT dobj
    The FIELD-SYMBOLS statement declares a field symbol <fs>. The name conventions apply to the name fs. The angle brackets of the field symbols indicate the difference to data objects and are obligatory. You can declare field symbols in any procedure and in the global declaration section of an ABAP program, but not in the declaration section of a class or an interface. You can use a field symbol in any operand position in which it is visible and which match the typing defined using typing.
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    eg.
    FIELD-SYMBOLS <fs> TYPE ANY.
    DATA: BEGIN OF line,
            string1(10) VALUE '0123456789',
            string2(10) VALUE 'abcdefghij',
          END OF line.
    WRITE / line-string1+5.
    ASSIGN line-string1+5(*) TO <fs>.
    WRITE / <fs>.
    output:
    56789
    56789
    reward if helpful
    anju

  • Using Field-Symbols in a user exit to change the importing parameter

    Please don't ask why but I need to use a user exit, changing the importing parameter.  I decided that I could do this using field-symbols.
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    Here is my goal:  Loop through an internal table (im_document-item).  When I find what I need I want to make a change to this line (not so hard if I am looping into a field symbol) and also append a line to the end of the table im_document-item.
    I have the following so far:
      DATA: wa_item TYPE accit,
            wa_item_out type ACCIT_SUB.
    FIELD-SYMBOLS: <document> type acc_document,
                   <accit> TYPE ACCIT.
    LOOP AT im_document-item ASSIGNING <accit> where saknr = '0000211000'.
    * Modify the curent line
    wa_item = <accit>
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    ENDLOOP.
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    Regards,
    Davis

    that will allow me to append an initial line with <accit> pointing to the line. Therefore I just have to modify <accit> and the new line will then have my changes?
    Yep, that is exactly it.    So after the APPEND statement, simply fill the fields of the <accit>.
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    <accit>-field2 = 'Blah'.
    Regards,
    Rich Heilman

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