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• LIKE ABAP Statement
LIKE, Obsolete
Obsolete Syntax ... LIKE dtype ...
What does it do? Outside of classes, the addition LIKE can be used to refer to flat structures in the ABAP Dictionary and their components, as well as the properties of data objects. A LIKE reference to the flat components of a deep dictionary structure is not possible. This affects the following uses of LIKE:
in the declarative statements TYPES, DATA, and so on.
in complete typings
in the statement PARAMETERS If there is a data object with the name dtype in a local context, then this object hides the data type from the ABAP Dictionary.
Latest notes:
The addition LIKE should only be used to refer to data objects.
It is neither possible to make a LIKE reference to a CDS entity, nor to make a LIKE reference to a CDS- managed DDIC view of a ABAP_CDS_V1_VIEW (obsolete).
For a reference to data types, the addition TYPE should always be used. ABAP_HINT_END
