DATA BEGIN OF

Reference

Syntax

DATA BEGIN OF struc [READ-ONLY] [OCCURS n].
  ...
  DATA | INCLUDE ...
  ...
DATA END OF struc [VALID BETWEEN intlim1 AND intlim2].

Effect

Declares a data object or instance attribute struc. This variant of the statement DATA creates a structure whose components can be declared through arbitrary DATA statements or adopted from other structures using INCLUDE.

Additions

• READ-ONLY
  Protects the structure against write access from outside its own class.
  
• OCCURS n
  Obsolete: Creates an internal table with a structured row type, standard key, a header line, and initial memory requirement n.
  
• VALID BETWEEN intlim1 AND intlim2
  Obsolete: Defines the columns intlim1 and intlim2 in an internal table, created using OCCURS, as interval limits for the obsolete short form of PROVIDE.