The Official ABAP Reference (Hardcover, 3, Enlarged)

... Preface ... 19 1 ... Introduction ... 23 ... 1.1 ... Releases Used ... 23 ... 1.2 ... New Features in Releases 7.02 and 7.2 ... 25 ... 1.3 ... Syntax Conventions in The Official ABAP Reference ... 30 PART 1 ... ABAP Overview ... 33 2 ... ABAP Programming Language ... 35 ... 2.1 ... SAP NetWeaver ... 35 ... 2.2 ... Scope and Usage Areas ... 36 ... 2.3 ... Programming Models ... 37 ... 2.4 ... Unicode ... 37 PART 2 ... ABAP Syntax ... 39 3 ... Statements ... 41 ... 3.1 ... ABAP Words ... 42 ... 3.2 ... Operands ... 42 ... 3.3 ... Operators and Expressions ... 59 4 ... Names ... 61 ... 4.1 ... Naming Conventions ... 61 ... 4.2 ... Name Spaces ... 62 5 ... Chained Statements ... 63 6 ... Comments ... 65 7 ... Program Directives ... 67 ... 7.1 ... Pragmas ... 67 ... 7.2 ... Pseudo Comments ... 69 PART 3 ... Program Structure ... 71 8 ... Program Structure ... 73 9 ... Programs ... 75 ... 9.1 ... Standalone Programs ... 75 ... 9.2 ... Executable Programs ... 77 ... 9.3 ... Module Pools and Subroutine Pools ... 80 ... 9.4 ... Function Groups ... 82 ... 9.5 ... Class Pools ... 84 ... 9.6 ... Interface Pools ... 85 ... 9.7 ... Type Groups ... 86 10 ... Modularization ... 89 ... 10.1 ... Procedures ... 89 ... 10.2 ... Dialog Modules ... 99 ... 10.3 ... Event Blocks ... 100 ... 10.4 ... Source Code Modules ... 107 11 ... Built-in Elements ... 113 ... 11.1 ... Built-in Data Types ... 113 ... 11.2 ... Built-in Data Objects ... 131 ... 11.3 ... Built-in Functions ... 140 PART 4 ... Declarative Statements ... 145 12 ... Types and Objects ... 147 ... 12.1 ... Validity and Visibility ... 148 ... 12.2 ... Absolute Type Names ... 149 ... 12.3 ... Shared Objects ... 152 13 ... Data Types and Data Objects ... 153 ... 13.1 ... Declaring Data Types ... 153 ... 13.2 ... Declaring Data Objects ... 179 14 ... Classes and Interfaces ... 203 ... 14.1 ... Defining Classes ... 203 ... 14.2 ... Defining Interfaces ... 221 ... 14.3 ... Declaring Components ... 224 15 ... Field Symbols ... 259 16 ... Typing ... 261 ... 16.1 ... Syntax of Typing ... 261 ... 16.2 ... Checking the Typing ... 265 PART 5 ... Generating Objects ... 273 17 ... Creating Objects ... 275 ... 17.1 ... Creating Data Objects ... 275 ... 17.2 ... Creating Instances of Classes ... 287 PART 6 ... Executing Program Units ... 295 18 ... Calling Programs ... 297 ... 18.1 ... Calling Executable Programs ... 297 ... 18.2 ... Calling Transactions ... 315 19 ... Calling Processing Blocks ... 323 ... 19.1 ... Calling Procedures ... 323 ... 19.2 ... Calling Event Handlers ... 354 ... 19.3 ... Calling Event Blocks ... 359 20 ... Exiting Program Units ... 361 ... 20.1 ... Leaving Programs ... 361 ... 20.2 ... Exiting Processing Blocks ... 362 ... 20.3 ... Exiting Loops ... 368 PART 7 ... Program Flow Control ... 371 21 ... Logical Conditions ... 373 ... 21.1 ... Logical Expressions ... 373 ... 21.2 ... Logical Functions ... 400 22 ... Control Structures ... 405 ... 22.1 ... Branches ... 405 ... 22.2 ... Loops ... 408 ... 22.3 ... Exception Handling ... 411 PART 8 ... Assignments ... 435 23 ... Assignment Rules ... 437 ... 23.1 ... Compatibility of Data Types ... 438 ... 23.2 ... Conversion Rules for Elementary Data Objects ... 440 ... 23.3 ... Conversion Rules for Structures ... 461 ... 23.4 ... Conversion Rules for Internal Tables ... 467 ... 23.5 ... Assignment Rules for Reference Variables ... 467 ... 23.6 ... System Class for Character Set Conversion and Number Format Conversion ... 472 24 ... Assigning Values ... 473 ... 24.1 ... General Assignment ... 474 ... 24.2 ... Lossless Assignment ... 476 ... 24.3 ... Multiple Assignments ... 486 ... 24.4 ... Assigning Structure Components ... 486 ... 24.5 ... Special