Accessing data references: Differences in dereferencing

[Former Member]

Hi Community,

could someone tell me what is the difference when accessing values in a data reference (e.g. specific fields in a structure).

A) m_dlv_data->docid = '1234'.

B) m_dlv_data->*-docid = '1234'.

Thanks in advance

Michael

[former_member188458]

Hi Michael ,

It is the same thing .

However , the second statement is mostly used when we dont have the type defined at design time .

e.g.

data : lo_data type ref to data .

field-symbols : <ls_data> type any .

create lo_data type ('MARA').

Assign lo_data->* to <ls_any> . ""De-referencing the lo_Data

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Rini