topic Exact difference between like and type ! in Application Development and Automation Discussions https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/exact-difference-between-like-and-type/m-p/5471603#M1252990 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi </P><P>I have been blindly using 'type' and 'like' keywords for data declarations but never bothered to learn the exact difference between the two . It would be great , if someone can explain me the difference !!</P><P></P><P>for eg. , after writing statement data :lv(4) , statement "data lt type standard table of lv " ,gives error but statement "data lt like standard table of lv" passes syntax test . what is the reason for the same ?</P><P></P><P>Hoping for some reply soon !!</P><P></P><P>regards</P><P>Piyush</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:15:15 GMT Former Member 2009-04-29T14:15:15Z Exact difference between like and type ! https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/exact-difference-between-like-and-type/m-p/5471603#M1252990 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi </P><P>I have been blindly using 'type' and 'like' keywords for data declarations but never bothered to learn the exact difference between the two . It would be great , if someone can explain me the difference !!</P><P></P><P>for eg. , after writing statement data :lv(4) , statement "data lt type standard table of lv " ,gives error but statement "data lt like standard table of lv" passes syntax test . what is the reason for the same ?</P><P></P><P>Hoping for some reply soon !!</P><P></P><P>regards</P><P>Piyush</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:15:15 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/exact-difference-between-like-and-type/m-p/5471603#M1252990 Former Member 2009-04-29T14:15:15Z Re: Exact difference between like and type ! https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/exact-difference-between-like-and-type/m-p/5471604#M1252991 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Piyush,</P><P></P><P>You can go through the below links, since this discussed in good details in the link below, you might get your answer.</P><P></P><P><A class="jive_macro jive_macro_message" href="https://community.sap.com/" __jive_macro_name="message" modifiedtitle="true" __default_attr="584897"></A></P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Ashish Arora</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:20:58 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/exact-difference-between-like-and-type/m-p/5471604#M1252991 Former Member 2009-04-29T14:20:58Z