GET REFERENCE: ABAP Keyword a Day

GET REFERENCE

Gets a data reference.

Syntax

GET REFERENCE OF <obj> INTO <dref>.

Writes a data reference to an existing data object to the data reference variable .

TYPES c1 TYPE c LENGTH 1. 
 
DATA: dref TYPE REF TO c1, 
      dref_tab LIKE TABLE OF dref. 
 
DATA: text TYPE c LENGTH 10 VALUE '0123456789', 
      off TYPE i. 
 
DO 10 TIMES. 
  off = sy-index - 1. 
  GET REFERENCE OF text+off(1) INTO dref. 
  APPEND dref TO dref_tab. 
ENDDO. 
 
LOOP AT dref_tab INTO dref. 
  WRITE / dref->*. 
ENDLOOP.

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