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ABAP Keyword Documentation → ABAP Glossary →component selector
Defined character that can be used to address components of superunits. The possible selectors are the structure component selector (-), the class component selector (=>), the interface component selector (~), and the object component selector (->). Open SQL provides the additional column selector ~.