Difference between Field Symbol and Data Referenece

[Former Member]

Hi Friends,

I am a bit confused so far as the concepts of Field Symbol and Data reference is concerned.

Say, I declare a variable "var" of type "integer(I)" with default value " 5 ".

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".

Suppose i declare a field symbol (FS) and Data refernece variable (DS).

If i assign Var to FS or DS, then who will hold the memory address 1000 ?

How it works ?

Regards,

Debi

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locked by: Thomas Zloch on Sep 9, 2010 9:37 AM

[Former Member]

Hi Friends,

I am a bit confused so far as the concepts of Field Symbol and Data reference is concerned.

Say, I declare a variable "var" of type "integer(I)" with default value " 5 ".

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".

Suppose i declare a field symbol (FS) and Data refernece variable (DS).

If i assign Var to FS or DS, then who will hold the memory address 1000 ?

How it works ?

Regards,

Debi

Moderator message: not relevant for ABAP development practice, please search for available information about SAP/ABAP memory management.

locked by: Thomas Zloch on Sep 9, 2010 9:37 AM

[Former Member]

so first tell me how you would create a data reference to that variable.