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READ, LOOP, INSERT, COLLECT, APPEND, MODIFY, DELETE - Short Forms

Obsolete Syntax
READ TABLE itab table_key |
free_key | index .

LOOP AT itab [
cond ].

INSERT itab_position
[ result ].

COLLECT itab
[ result ].

APPEND TO itab [SORTED BY comp] [
result ].

MODIFY table_key
| index [TRANSPORTING comp1 comp2 ...] [
result ] .
MODIFY itab TRANSPORTING comp1
comp2 ... WHERE log_exp
|(cond_syntax).

DELETE TABLE itab.

Effect
In the processing statements shown above for internal tables, a specification of the obsolete header lines
INTO itab , itab INTO , itab TO , and FROM itab is supplemented implicitly. For these short forms to be used, a header line must exist. These short forms must not be used in classes. Instead, an explicit work area INTO wa , wa INTO , wa TO
, and FROM wa must be specified.