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describe

Former Member — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:29:43 GMT

what is use ,purpose,syntax of the keyword 'describe'.

Re: describe

Former Member — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:32:03 GMT

describe is used to describe the attributes of a field or a table.

describe table itab lines v_lines

this gives the number of lines in an internal table into v_lines.

Re: describe

Former Member — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:33:39 GMT

Hi,

Describe Table use to define

the various additions enable you to determine the table type, the number of currently filled rows and the initial memory requirement.

but it also use with field and to find distance between two fields.

u can use application help (In SE38 ctrl + F8 ).

Hope it is helpful to u.

Re: describe

Former Member — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:33:42 GMT

Try the ABAP F1 help for DESCRIBE.

You will get everything you want to know.

Thanks, Ankur

Re: describe

Former Member — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:38:20 GMT

Hi,

This statement determines several properties of the data object dobj and assigns them to the specified variables.

Like if you use, this command for a field, Say DESCRIBE FIELD dobj with certain additions, It will store several properties of dobj in certain variables.

You can also use, DESCRIBE for tables and internal variables.

Reward if useful,

Ankur

Re: describe

Former Member — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:52:43 GMT

hi,

This statement determines some properties of the internal table itab and assigns them to the specified variables.

Reward with points if helpful.