ASSIGN - obsolete_casting

Syntax

... { TYPE name }
  | { [TYPE name] DECIMALS dec } ... .

Extras:

1. ... TYPE name

2. ... DECIMALS dec

Effect

This form of addition casting_spec, in which you specify TYPE or DECIMALS without the CASTING addition, is not allowed in classes. In addition, it can neither be used together with the statement INCREMENT in mem_area nor with the addition RANGE. However, the field symbol may have been typed using the - obsolete - addition STRUCTURE of the FIELD-SYMBOLS statement.

Addition 1

... TYPE name

Effect

After TYPE, a character-type data object name of length 1 is expected, which must contain exactly one of the case-sensitive letters "C", "D", "F", "I", "N", "P", "T", "X", "b", or "s" when the statement is executed. These letters label the respective built-in ABAP types and have the following effects:

• If the field symbol <fs> is typed completely or in parts, the typing must match the ABAP type specified after TYPE. The assigned memory area is casted to the type of the field symbol.
  
• If the field symbol is typed completely generically, the type of the assigned memory area is casted to the ABAP type specified after TYPE.
  
  
  

Addition 2

... DECIMALS dec

Effect

After DECIMALS, you must specify a numeric data object dec. For the casting, data type p is used; the size of the fractional portion is determined by the content of dec. You need not specify TYPE for DECIMALS. If you specify TYPE, name must contain data type "P", which is used anyway.