STOKEN SAP (Description of an ABAP/4 source analysis token) Structure details
Description: Description of an ABAP/4 source analysis token
Structure field list including key, data, relationships and ABAP select examples
STOKEN is a standard SAP Structure so does not store data like a database table does. It can be used to define the fields of other actual tables or to process "Description of an ABAP/4 source analysis token" Information within sap ABAP programs.
This is done by declaring abap internal tables, work areas or database tables based on this Structure. These can then be used to store and process the required data appropriately.
i.e. DATA: wa_STOKEN TYPE STOKEN.
The STOKEN table consists of various fields, each holding specific information or linking keys about Description of an ABAP/4 source analysis token data available in SAP. These include OVFL (Flag (indicating token sequence does not fit in field STR)), STR (Token sequence), ROW (Number of source line where token appears (>= 1)), COL (Column position of token (>= 0)).. See below for full list along with technical details, documentation, text table, check tables, foreign key relationships, conversion routines, relevant tcodes and example ABAP select code etc. .
Delivery Class:Display/Maintenance via tcode SM30: Display/Maintenance Allowed but with Restrictions
SAP enhancement categories: Not classified
SAP STOKEN structure fields - Full list of fields found in SAP data dictionary
Field | Description | Data Element | Data Type | length (Dec) | Check table | Conversion Routine | Domain Name | MemoryID | SHLP |
TYPE | Token type (identifier, literal, list, comment) | TOKEN_TYPE | CHAR | 1 | SYCHAR01 | ||||
OVFL | Flag (indicating token sequence does not fit in field STR) | TOKEN_OVFL | CHAR | 1 | SABP_FLAG | ||||
STR | Token sequence | TOKEN_STR | CHAR | 30 | SYCHAR30 | ||||
ROW | Number of source line where token appears (>= 1) | TOKEN_ROW | INT4 | 10 | SABP_INT4 | ||||
COL | Column position of token (>= 0) | TOKEN_COL | INT2 | 5 | SABP_INT2 | ||||
LEN | Length of token | TOKEN_LEN | INT2 | 5 | SABP_INT2 | ||||
OFF1 | Offset of ('A part of) token in overflow area | TOKEN_OFF1 | INT4 | 10 | SABP_INT4 |
Key field | Non-key field |
How do I retrieve data from SAP structure STOKEN using ABAP code?
As STOKEN is a database structure and not a table it does not store any data in the SAP data dictionary. The ABAP SELECT statement is therefore not appropriate and can not be performed on STOKEN as there is no data to select.How to access SAP table STOKEN
Within an ECC or HANA version of SAP you can also view further information about STOKEN and the data within it using relevant transactions such asSE11 (ABAP Dictionary Maintenance)
SM30 (Maintain Table Data)
SE80 (Object Navigator)
SE16 (Data Browser).
Search for further information about these or an SAP related objects