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FIELD-SYMBOLS:

  "Any data type

  <data>           TYPE data,

  <any>            TYPE any,

  "Any data type can be assigned. Restrictions for formal parameters and 'data': no

  "numeric functions, no description functions, and no arithmetic expressions can be

  "passed to these parameters. However, you can bypass the restriction by applying the

  "CONV operator for the actual parameter.


  "Character-like types

  <c>              TYPE c,         "Text field with a generic length

  <clike>          TYPE clike,     "Character-like (c, n, string, d, t and character-like flat structures)

  <csequence>      TYPE csequence, "Text-like (c, string)

  <n>              TYPE n,         "Numeric text with generic length

  <x>              TYPE x,         "Byte field with generic length

  <xsequence>      TYPE xsequence, "Byte-like (x, xstring)


  "Numeric types

  <decfloat>       TYPE decfloat, "decfloat16, decfloat34)

  <numeric>        TYPE numeric,  "Numeric ((b, s), i, int8, p, decfloat16, decfloat34, f)

  <p>              TYPE p,        "Packed number (generic length and number of decimal places)


  "Internal table types

  <any_table>      TYPE ANY TABLE,      "Internal table with any table type

  <hashed_table>   TYPE HASHED TABLE,

  <index_table>    TYPE INDEX TABLE,

  <sorted_table>   TYPE SORTED TABLE,

  <standard_table> TYPE STANDARD TABLE,

  <table>          TYPE table,          "Standard table


  "Other types

  <simple>         TYPE simple, "Elementary data type including enumerated types and

                                "structured types with exclusively character-like flat components

  <object>         TYPE REF TO object. "object can only be specified after REF TO; can point to any object

                                       "The types REF TO object and REF TO data are considered complete types.


Serkan AKKAVAK

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