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DESCRIBE FIELD

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ABAP Syntax DESCRIBE FIELD dobj
[TYPE typ [COMPONENTS com]]
[LENGTH ilen IN {BYTE|CHARACTER} MODE]
[DECIMALS dec]
[OUTPUT-LENGTH olen]
[HELP-ID hlp]
[EDIT MASK mask].
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What does it do? Determines the attributes of a data object dobj.

ABAP Addition TYPE typ [COMPONENTS com]
Returns the data type in typ and the number of components in com.
LENGTH ilen IN {BYTE|CHARACTER} MODE
Returns the length in bytes or characters in ilen.
DECIMALS dec
Returns the number of decimal places in dec.
OUTPUT-LENGTH olen
Returns the output length on the screen layouts in olen.
HELP-ID hlp Returns the name of the data element in the ABAP Dictionary to which the type of dobj refers, in hlp.
EDIT MASK mask
Returns the name of the conversion routine in the ABAP Dictionary that is assigned to the type of dobj, in mask.

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