CHAPTER 4INTERNAL TABLES

1. What are internal tables?

Internal tables are temporary tables that are stored in RAM on the application server. Line-by-line memory is used to store data that have the same structure. Internal tables also work as arrays and are used where data processing is done with a fixed structure in a program. These tables exist during the runtime of a program. They act as dynamic objects at runtime.

2. How do you declare an internal table?

An internal table consists of a body and a header line that is optional. The body contains the rows of the internal table. The header line can hold only a single row. The header line is like a field string that has the same structure as a row of the body. For example:

Declaration of an internal ...

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