Named data object of an ABAP program. It is maintained as part of the text elements of the program and addressed in the program using the name text-###, where ### is the three-character ID of the text symbol. A text symbol has the data type c and the length defined by mlen in the text elements. If the text symbol is not in the currently loaded text pool, text-### is handled like an initial one-character text field. A text symbol can also be linked with text field literals by using 'Literal'(###) and thus replaces them in the program if it exists in the currently loaded text pool.