difference betwen v1 like mara-matnr and v1 type mara-matnr

[Former Member]

Hi All,

Can any body tell me what's the difference between the above delarations:

v_matnr like mara-matnr,

v_matnr type mara-matnr.

since both will accept.

Thanks&Regards

Mahesh

[former_member181962]

Refer this link:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/fc/eb2ff3358411d1829f0000e829fbfe/content.htm

[Former Member]

Hi Ravikanth,

SAP help does not give the difference between those 2 types of the declaration.

Thanks&Regards

Mahesh

[Former Member]

hi,

<b>v_matnr like mara-matnr</b> in this u r creating a dataobject with reference to dataelement.

<b>v_matnr type mara-matnr</b> in this u r creating a dataobject with reference to domain.

since domain and dataelement are both same for material number MATNR, u can use both in this case.

[Former Member]

I would suggest you check here /people/marilyn.pratt/blog/2005/11/09/why-don146t-they-accept-my-code-samples

and here : https://sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/5ac31178-0701-0010-469a-b4d7fa2...

Hope this helps.

[Former Member]

i dont think ther is any difference between the two,..

when u say mara-matnr, it is refering to the matnr FIELD in the mara table ( not a data element or a domain as i feel )... now this field is linked to both the data element as weel as the domain...hence i dont c any diff..

just that like is normally used to refer to data objects n type to data types..

here the field is acting as an object as well as the type...

pl let me know if my understanding is wrong...