what is diffrence between like and type

[Former Member]

Hi all,

Can any one tell me the difference between the type and like.

lets take i have a structure or table of some material data(MARA).

what is the difference between these two statements.

data wa like MARA.

data wa type mara.

please help me in this matter ,i was little bit confused.

[Former Member]

Hi Narayna,

Take a look in this thread:

Regards,

Ville

[Former Member]

Hi,

These statements are the same, because MARA is DDIC table. LIKE is not recommended to be used any more if TYPE can be used. LIKE can not be used in ABAP Objects.

Svetlin

[Former Member]

Hi,

TYPE is a keyword to refer data type.

LIKE is a keyword to refer data object.

data types are purely descriptive means no memory allocation.

data objects have memory allocation.

data types will define technical properties data objects.

hope this helps

regards,

sai chand