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ABAP Keyword Documentation ABAP - Ref erence Processing Internal Data Internal Tables Processing Statements f or Internal
Tables
Internal Tables - keyname
The name of the table key can be specified in several statements for the processing of internal tables. The table key
name can used to access a table row or to control processing. The following syntax applies to the label keyname:
Syntax
... key_name | (name) ...
Effect
The name of a table key can either be specified directly, as key_name, or dynamically, as the contents of a
parenthesized character-like data object name (not case-sensitive).
You can specify:
a secondary table key using its name
the primary table key using its predefined name primary_key
the primary table key using an alias
the table key used in a LOOP-loop using its predefined name loop_key. In this case, the statement must be
executed within the loop.
Notes
Normally secondary table keys are specified.
When specifying the primary table key using primary_key, it is important to note that it may be empty for
standard tables. This can produce unexpected behavior in statements where the key is used to specify the
rows to be processed.