What is field symols

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i m new to this website...
plz do help to grow in this abap field..
what is field symbols and use of this ??
diffrence between hide and get cursor in the interactive report..

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.
Ex:-
DATA: wa(10) VALUE '0123456789'.
DATA: BEGIN OF line1,
 col1(3),
 col2(2),
 col3(5),
 END OF line1.
DATA: BEGIN OF line2,
 col1(2),
 col2 LIKE sy-datum,
 END OF line2.
FIELD-SYMBOLS: <f1> STRUCTURE line1 DEFAULT wa,
 <f2> STRUCTURE line2 DEFAULT wa.
WRITE: / <f1>-col1, <f1>-col2, <f1>-col3,
 / <f2>-col1, <f2>-col2.
HIDE:
The HIDE statement is one of the fundamental statements for interactive reporting. You use the HIDE technique when creating a basic list. It defines the information that can be passed to subsequent detail lists.
Ex: See demo_list_read_line Program in SE38
GET CURSOR:
Use the statements GET CURSOR FIELD and GET CURSOR LINE to pass the output field or output line on which the cursor was positioned during the interactive event to the ABAP program.
Ex:
See SAPMZTST Program in SE38.
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46c/helpdata/EN/9f/db9ede35c111d1829f0000e829fbfe/frameset.htm
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