Difference between Type and Like in ABAP.

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‘TYPE’	‘Like’
You can assign the data type directly during the declaration of the data object	You can assign the data type of one object to another during the declaration of the data object. The datatype will be indirectly REFERENCED here.
It is USED when user-defined objects CONNECT with SAP system data type	It is used when data objects connect with the other data object
Type keyword is useful in referring to the data type	Like keyword is useful in COPYING the existing data object properties

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