topic Re: Difference between Field Symbol and Data Referenece in Application Development and Automation Discussions https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/difference-between-field-symbol-and-data-referenece/m-p/7299284#M1533857 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>so first tell me how you would create a data reference to that variable.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:37:31 GMT Former Member 2010-09-09T07:37:31Z Difference between Field Symbol and Data Referenece https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/difference-between-field-symbol-and-data-referenece/m-p/7299283#M1533856 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Friends,</P><P></P><P>I am a bit confused so far as the concepts of Field Symbol and Data reference is concerned.</P><P></P><P>Say, I declare a variable "var" of type "integer(I)" with default value " 5 ".</P><P></P><P>Somewhere in the memory, this variable is going to be craeted and lets assume that the memory address in which it is stored is "1000".</P><P></P><P>Suppose i declare a field symbol (FS) and Data refernece variable (DS).</P><P></P><P>If i assign Var to FS or DS, then who will hold the memory address 1000 ? </P><P></P><P>How it works ?</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P>Debi</P><P></P><P><STRONG><SPAN __default_attr="red" __jive_macro_name="color">Moderator message: not relevant for ABAP development practice, please search for available information about SAP/ABAP memory management.</SPAN></STRONG></P><P></P><P>locked by: Thomas Zloch on Sep 9, 2010 9:37 AM</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:32:26 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/difference-between-field-symbol-and-data-referenece/m-p/7299283#M1533856 Former Member 2010-09-09T07:32:26Z Re: Difference between Field Symbol and Data Referenece https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/difference-between-field-symbol-and-data-referenece/m-p/7299284#M1533857 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>so first tell me how you would create a data reference to that variable.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:37:31 GMT https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/difference-between-field-symbol-and-data-referenece/m-p/7299284#M1533857 Former Member 2010-09-09T07:37:31Z