Inline Declaration – In a read statement
Similar to the select statement, it is one of the most used inline declaration statements. Here I will give an example of each – reading the data in a work area and in field symbol.
Without inline declaration
DATA: s_matdoc TYPE ty_matdoc.
READ TABLE t_matdoc INTO s_matdoc with KEY ebeln = lv_ebeln.
Instead, with inline declaration you can write
READ TABLE t_matdoc INTO DATA(ls_matdoc) with KEY ebeln = lv_ebeln.
The work area will automatically take the structure of the internal table.
Now an example of inline declaration with field symbol.
READ TABLE t_matdoc ASSIGNING FIELD-SYMBOL(<lfs_matdoc>) WITH KEY ebeln = lv_ebeln.
Most of the time, we want local variables for read, so it is beneficial even to use the inline declaration.
