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Statically-Declared and Dynamically-Created Data Objects
There are two kinds of data objects: those that are declared
statically,and those that are created dynamically.
Any data object that you declare using a declarative statement is
statically declared , regardless of its visibility, validity and
structure, whether or not it can be changed, or addressed symbolically.
Statically-declared data objects can be administered during the
compilation.
The lines in an internal table are created dynamically by the
APPEND , COLLECT , and
INSERT statements.
Data objects with type STRING and XSTRING are also
dynamic. They have initial length when the are declared; the memory
that they use is assigned dynamically.
ASSIGN LOCAL COPY OF f TO
allows you to create data objects dynamically on the stack.
Since the dynamic validity of local internal tables and dynamic stack
extensions is restricted to the lifetime of the defining
procedure , the
corresponding resources are released automatically by the ABAP
runtime system when the procedure ends. This means that you do not
normally need to include memory management in your ABAP programs.
However, you can release space occupied by an internal table using
DELETE to delete individual lines, or
REFRESH
or FREE to delete a whole
table.
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