topic Re: type ref to in Application Development and Automation Discussions

type ref to

Former Member — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 05:10:01 GMT

data : r type in_table-name.

data : r type ref to in_table-name.

what is the difference b/w them

Former Member — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 05:14:00 GMT

Hi Prajwal,

REF TO is mostly used with ABAP OO.

It is used to create the reference objects for classes and methods.

Regards,

Atish

Former Member — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 05:15:42 GMT

type ref to used mostly for declaring classes.

You can not declare

DATA: l_grid type cl_gui_alv_grid.

you need to give it as

DATA: l_grid type ref to cl_gui_alv_grid.

Regards

Navneet

Former Member — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 05:17:03 GMT

Hi Prajawal,

type ref to is to create a instance variable of a class. its into Object oriented terms.

type is used in normal abal code to declare a variable of the specified type.

regards,

Navneeth K.

Former Member — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 05:27:13 GMT

thanks, thanks a lot .