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Casting

Handling a data object for a certain data type. Explicit casting is possible with the statement ASSIGN, using the addition ASSIGNING when processing internal tables, with various assignments of actual parameters to formal parameters, and with assignments between reference variables. An implicit casting sometimes takes place when handling operands at specific operand positions.