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ABAP Keyword Documentation → ABAP − Reference → Obsolete Language Elements → Obsolete Internal Table Processing →READ, LOOP, INSERT, COLLECT, APPEND, MODIFY, DELETE - Short Forms
Obsolete Syntax
READ TABLE itab
table_key|
free_key|index.
LOOP AT itab [cond].
INSERT itab_position
[result].
COLLECT itab
[result].
APPEND TO itab [SORTED BY comp]
[result].
MODIFY
table_key|index [TRANSPORTING comp1 comp2 ...]
[result].
MODIFY itab TRANSPORTING
comp1
comp2 ... WHERE log_exp|(cond_syntax).
DELETE TABLE itab.
Effect
In the processing statements shown above for internal tables, a specification of the obsolete header lines INTO itab, itab INTO, itab TO, and FROM itab is supplemented implicitly. For these short forms to be used, a header line must exist. These short forms must not be used in classes. Instead, an explicit work area INTO wa, wa INTO, wa TO, and FROM wa must be specified.