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1.introduction To ABAP

ABAP is a programming language used to develop applications for the SAP R/3 system. The latest version, ABAP Objects, supports object-oriented programming. The document introduces key ABAP concepts like data types, assigning values, control statements, logical operators, and the ABAP/4 editor used for development.

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1.introduction To ABAP

ABAP is a programming language used to develop applications for the SAP R/3 system. The latest version, ABAP Objects, supports object-oriented programming. The document introduces key ABAP concepts like data types, assigning values, control statements, logical operators, and the ABAP/4 editor used for development.

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Introduction to ABAP

ABAP stands for - Advanced Business Application Programming.It is a programming language for
developing applications for the SAP R/3 system.
The latest version of ABAP is called ABAP Objects and supports object-oriented programming. SAP
will run applications written using ABAP/4, the earlier ABAP version, as well as applications using
ABAP Objects.
Without further adieu , lets dive into ABAP.
Note, this tutorial will not go into extensive details on ABAP language constructs (which become very
boring to read ) but quickly introduce key concepts to get you started so you can focus your attention
on more important topics.

Data Types
Syntax to declare a variable in ABAP 1

DATA Variable_Name Type Variable_Type

Example:
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DATA employee_number Type I.

The following is a list of Data Types supported by ABAP


Data
Type

Initial field
length

Valid field
length

Initial
value

Meaning

Numeric types
I

Integer (whole number)

Floating point number

1 - 16

Packed number

Character types
C

1 - 65535

' ... '

Text field(alphanumeric characters)

'00000000'

Date field(Format: YYYYMMDD)

1 - 65535

'0 ... 0'

Numeric text field(numeric


characters)

'000000'

Time field(format: HHMMSS)

1 - 65535

X'0 ... 0'

Hexadecimal field

Hexadecimal type
X

Processing Data - Assigning Values

1
2

a=16.

move 16 to a.

write a to b.

- Arithmetic Operations

Control Statements
Following control statements can be used - - If ... EndIf Loop
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if [not] exp [ and / or [not] exp ].

........

[elseif exp.

.......]

[else.

.......]

Endif.

- Case statement
1

Case variable.

when value1.

.........

when value2.

.........

[ when others.

.........]

Endcase.

Do.

-While loop
1

.....
.....

While <logical expression>.

Endwhile.
- Do loop

Logical Operator
A list of logical operators
GE or >=
GT or >
LE or <=
LT or <
EQ or =
NE or <>

ABAP/4 Editor
Finally , here is where you will spent most of your time as a developer creating / modifying programs.
Transaction SE38

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