TYPES - BEGIN OF
Short Reference
ABAP Syntax_4 TYPES BEGIN OF struc_type.
...
TYPES comp ...
TYPES comp TYPE struc_type BOXED .
INCLUDE TYPE|STRUCTURE ...
...
TYPES END OF struc_type.
What does it do? Definition of a structured type struc_type . This
is introduced using a TYPES statement with the addition BEGIN
OF and must finish with a TYPES statement with the addition
END OF .
The following can be included between these TYPES statements:
Any TYPES statements, in particular further closed structure
definitions.
The definition of static boxes using
BOXED .
The statements INCLUDE TYPE and
INCLUDE STRUCTURE for including
components from other structures.
No structured types can be created that do not have at least one
component.
The TYPES statements within the statements BEGIN OF and
END OF define the components of the structured type
struc_type . If a component is a structured type or if a new
structured type is defined within a structure using BEGIN OF and
END OF , substructures are created. A structure with
substructures is known as a nested structure.
A component of struc_type cannot be declared with reference to
struc_type itself . If the name struc_type is specified
after TYPE in the declaration of a component, the next type of
this name is searched for in a higher
visibility area , and used if found. If a more global type of this
name does not exist, a syntax error occurs.
If a component is created as a table type , this
type cannot be generic.
The statement INCLUDE defines
components of the structured type struc_type by using the
components of a differently structured type or an existing structure at
the same level.
The components of a structured type are divided using the name
struc_type and the name of the component, and addressed using the
structure component selector ( - ).
Latest notes: The value operator
VALUE can be used to
construct the content of
structures.
Example ABAP Coding This example defines two structured types,
street_type and address_type . address_type contains
structured types as components. The definition of zipcode_type
shows the access to substructures.
TYPES: BEGIN OF street_type,
name TYPE c LENGTH 40,
no TYPE c LENGTH 4,
END OF street_type.
TYPES: BEGIN OF address_type,
name TYPE c LENGTH 30,
street TYPE street_type,
BEGIN OF city,
zipcode TYPE n LENGTH 5,
name TYPE c LENGTH 40,
END OF city,
END OF address_type.
TYPES zipcode_type TYPE address_type-city-zipcode.
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