Scribd
Upload
86 views

Chapter 03 - Simple Output Statements

Chapter 03_Simple Output Statements

Uploaded by

bakkali_bilal
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
86 views

Chapter 03 - Simple Output Statements

Chapter 03_Simple Output Statements

Uploaded by

bakkali_bilal
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 16

IBM Global Business Services

Simple Output Statements

Simple Output Statements |

Dec-2008

IBM Corporation 2013

IBM Global Business Services

Objectives
The participants will be able to :
List the ABAP write statement
Writing Icons and Symbols
List New-Page statement
Maintaining page header

Simple Output Statements |

Dec-2008

IBM Corporation 2013

IBM Global Business Services

The ABAP WRITE Statement


WRITE ********************.
SKIP 2.
WRITE: The date today is:, SY-DATUM,
The current time is:, SY-UZEIT.
SKIP 2.
WRITE ********************.

Notice that there is an automatic space


between the fields written to the list.

<program title>
1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------********************
The date today is: 12/30/1996 The current time is: 12:32:06
********************

Simple Output Statements |

Dec-2008

IBM Corporation 2013

IBM Global Business Services

ABAP Format Specifications

WRITE 10 ***** City of Philadelphia *****.


SKIP 2.
WRITE: 10 Ticket Date, SY-DATUM.
WRITE: /10 Ticket Time, SY-UZEIT.
ULINE /10(60).
SKIP 2.
WRITE 10 ***** Department of Public Safety *****.
***** City of Philadelphia *****
Ticket Date 01/01/1997
Ticket Time 18:01:00
----------------------------------------------------***** Department of Public Safety *****

Simple Output Statements |

Dec-2008

IBM Corporation 2013

IBM Global Business Services

ABAP Format Options

WRITE 10 ***** City of Philadelphia *****.


SKIP 2.
WRITE: 10 Ticket Date, 25 SY-DATUM,
/10 Ticket Time, SY-UZEIT UNDER SY-DATUM.
ULINE /10(60).
SKIP 2.
WRITE 10 ***** Department of Public Safety *****.
***** City of Philadelphia *****
Ticket Date 01/01/1997
Ticket Time 18:01:00
-----------------------------------------------------------***** Department of Public Safety *****

Simple Output Statements |

Dec-2008

IBM Corporation 2013

IBM Global Business Services

WRITE Statement Extended Syntax

WRITE <format> <value> <options> .


<format>
/p(I)
/ = Line Feed
p = Column Position
I = Output Length

<value>
Program Field or
Text Literal

<options>

Format Options

Simple Output Statements |

Dec-2008

IBM Corporation 2013

IBM Global Business Services

NEW-PAGE Statement
WRITE ***** City of Philadelphia *****.
SKIP.
WRITE: / Ticket Date, 15 SY-DATUM.
WRITE: / Ticket Time, 15 SY-UZEIT.
SKIP.
WRITE ***** Department of Public Safety *****.
NEW-PAGE.
WRITE: Comments:.
<program title>
1
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------***** City of Philadelphia *****
Ticket Date 01/01/1997
Ticket Time 18:01:00
***** Department of Public Safety *****
<program title>
2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Comments:
7

Simple Output Statements |

Dec-2008

IBM Corporation 2013

IBM Global Business Services

Writing Icons and Symbols

INCLUDE <ICON>.
INCLUDE <SYMBOL>.
Or
TYPE-POOLS: icon.
TYPE-POOLS: sym.
WRITE: /10 ICON_DATE AS ICON, SY-DATUM,
SYM_LEFT_HAND AS SYMBOL.

Execute programs
SHOWICON and
SHOWSYMB to display
the systems icons and
symbols.

Simple Output Statements |

Dec-2008

IBM Corporation 2013

IBM Global Business Services

Maintaining Page Headers

List header will replace title


on first line of standard
header.

Up to four lines of column


headings can be maintained
for the list.

Simple Output Statements |

The title comes from the


programs attributes.

Dec-2008

IBM Corporation 2013

IBM Global Business Services

Demonstration
Exploring ABAP Write statement with various options.

10

Simple Output Statements |

Dec-2008

IBM Corporation 2013

IBM Global Business Services

Practice
Exploring ABAP Write statement with various options.

11

Simple Output Statements |

Dec-2008

IBM Corporation 2013

IBM Global Business Services

Numbered Texts (Text Symbols)

WRITE: / TEXT-001, BIG BLUE,


/ TEXT-002, TEST IT.

Text symbols are referenced


by a unique three-character
code.

12

Simple Output Statements |

Dec-2008

IBM Corporation 2013

IBM Global Business Services

Demonstration
Creation of text symbols and using that in the write statement.

13

Simple Output Statements |

Dec-2008

IBM Corporation 2013

IBM Global Business Services

Practice
Creation of text symbols and using that in the write statement.

14

Simple Output Statements |

Dec-2008

IBM Corporation 2013

IBM Global Business Services

Summary
The WRITE statement outputs the contents of a field or constant in a format
consistent with the data type.
The SKIP statement creates blank lines.
The NEW-PAGE statement starts a new page.
For writing Icon and Symbols in the report, TYPE-POOL ICON & SYM need to
be included in the program respectively.
Text elements can be maintained in multiple languages, so the display to the user
will depend on the users specified logon language.

15

Simple Output Statements |

Dec-2008

IBM Corporation 2013

IBM Global Business Services

Questions
What are the various options associated with the WRITE statement ?
What does the NEW-PAGE statement do ?

16

Simple Output Statements |

Dec-2008

IBM Corporation 2013

You might also like