READ STATEMENT with Curly brace brackets ie. "{}"

[viva_kd]

Dear Experts, whats the use of Curly brace brackets ie. "{}" and also "|" in side READ STATEMENT ?

READ TABLE gt_t_pernr WITH KEY pernr = |{ ls_attn_data-paycode }| BINARY SEARCH TRANSPORTING NO FIELDS.

Thanks in Advance.

[jmodaal]

Hello,

this is an embedded expression in newer ABAP syntax.

https://help.sap.com/doc/abapdocu_752_index_htm/7.52/en-US/abenstring_templates_expressions.htm

Kind regards

Jan

[RaymondGiuseppi]

Same document In latest version.

[phil_soady]

The curly brackets are used to indicate variables.
Part of string templates
see https://help.sap.com/doc/abapdocu_752_index_htm/7.52/en-US/abenstring_templates.htm