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ARTICLE • VALUE ABAP_OPERATOR • # VALUE
VALUE - Value Operator
Syntax ... VALUE type( ... ) ...
Effect A constructor expression with the value operator VALUE creates a result of a data type specified using type. The following can be specified for type:
A non-generic data type dtype.
ABAP Code Snippet An exception to this rule is VALUE #( table_exp ). The operator
creates initial values for any non-generic data types
constructs the content of
structured types
table types
control the category of table expression result The content of the result is determined by the parameters specified in parentheses. The syntax used in pass by parameter depends on the type used when the value was constructed. There are specialized categories of pass by parameter for each possible type.
Initial value for all types
Structures
Internal tables If a single table expression is specified as a parameter, VALUE does not construct a value and controls the category of its result instead, as described in the related section.
Notes
Elementary data types and reference types cannot be specified explicitly for VALUE using pass by value. Unlike when using the instance operator NEW, the correct result can be achieved by using direct assignments. For this reason, it is not necessary to specify unnamed arguments as single values when using NEW (and also not allowed). The use of VALUE to control table expressions is not affected by this, since any valid data type can be specified here.
Arithmetic calculations with the results of VALUE using pass by value are not possible. This means that constructor expressions of this type cannot be specified directly in the operand positions of arithmetic expressions. Constructor expressions using VALUE used to control table expressions are not affected by this, if the table expressions can be used for calculations using valid results.
From a technical perspective, the value operator VALUE creates a temporary data object whose data type is determined by the specified type and whose content is determined by the passed parameters. This data object is used as the operand of a statement and then deleted. It is deleted when the current statements is closed or after the analysis of a relational expression once the logical value has been determined.
Example Constructs the values of a structure of type T100 declared inline. DATA(wa) = VALUE t100( sprsl = 'E' arbgb = 'DEMO' msgnr = '111' text = '...' ).
