SAP FIELD SYMBOL GLOSRY documentation, setup help and example usage

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field symbol
Symbolic name for a data object to which actual memory areas can be assigned at program runtime. A field symbol can be used as a placeholder for a data object at the operand position. A field symbol is typed either generically or fully. Field symbols are declared using the statement FIELD-SYMBOLS or the declaration operator FIELD-SYMBOL ; memory areas are assigned to them using ASSIGN .
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