What Does Free Mean?

  • An internal table used in ABAP programs
  • A data cluster in ABAP memory
  • ABAP memory
  • An external object used in object linking and embedding

Techopedia Explains Free

FREE

Features of the Free keyword include the following:

  • FREE may be directly used to initialize an internal table, like keywords REFRESH and CLEAR. However, FREE also releases all memory space associated with the internal table, including the initial memory requirement.
  • After the free statement, the data object may be addressed, with the exception of external objects used in object linking and embedding. However, this can involve reallocating data object resources.
  • In an external object is used in object linking and embedding, FREE does not allow further object processing.
  • If the addition of variant “Memory ID” is not used, FREE can delete all of the contents in ABAP memory. With the usage of memory ID, only the contents associated with unique ID are deleted from ABAP memory.