ABAP Programs: Records and internal tables

REPORT ZSOURCE0407.

* Records (or structures) consist of a fixed number of components
DATA: BEGIN OF CUSTOMER,
ID(8) TYPE N,
NAME(25),
TELEPHONE(12),
END OF CUSTOMER.

* Working with the different components and the structure itself
DATA VENDOR LIKE CUSTOMER.
CUSTOMER-ID = ’87654321′.
CUSTOMER-NAME = ‘Edison’.
CUSTOMER-TELEPHONE = ’111-111-1111′.
MOVE CUSTOMER TO VENDOR.
WRITE / VENDOR-NAME.

* Defining an internal table each entry having the structure of
* the record customer
DATA ALL_CUSTOMERS LIKE CUSTOMER OCCURS 100.

* Using a reference to a non-elementary type.
TYPES: BEGIN OF PERSONAL_DATA,
NAME(25),
CITY(25),
STREET(30),
END OF PERSONAL_DATA.
DATA PEOPLE TYPE PERSONAL_DATA OCCURS 300.

* Internal table with a header line, which is used as a default record
* to hold the record currently being added to the table
DATA NEW_CUSTOMERS LIKE CUSTOMER OCCURS 100
WITH HEADER LINE.

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