difference between data and types

[aravindcsebe]

can someone please tell me what it the difference for the below

data : name type c.
types : nam2 type c.

[FredericGirod]

TYPES is like a data element (or could be like a structure, table) in the ABAP Dictionnary, but it is local at the program / class. There is nothing inside, it is just a kind of data.

DATA . could refere to a type declared, to a field of the dictionnary, to a generic type (i, c, ...). It could contains informations, like a text, a value, ...

[Sandra_Rossi]

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[ThorstenHoefer · Accepted solution]

Hi can define data based on your created types:

types : nam2 type c.
data : name type nam2.

[former_member607044]

In TYPE STATEMENT you can define structure which have no physical memory on the other hand in DATA STATEMENT you can define structure with physical memory.

The TYPES statement creates a data type which are templates for creating data objects.

The DATA statement creates a data object which is an instance of a data type and occupies as much memory space as its type specifies.