ABAP Statements

ABAP statements consist of the following tokens and end with a period (.). Tokens in a statment must be separated by at least one empty character.

• ABAP Words
  

• Operands
  

• Operators
  

You can also use the following special characters:

• If a number of expressions of the same type with operators are linked to an expression, the priority of the individual operations can be defined usig round brackets (()).
  

• For the purpose of calling functions and methods, round brackets (()) can sometimes be used.
  

• Lists of operands are expressed by round brackets (()) and commas (,) in certain positions.
  

• When forming a chained statement, a colon (:) and commas (,) can be used.
  

A number of free-standing special characters, such as round brackets for setting the priority, need to be separated from other tokens by an empty character. Other special characters - as well as the period at the end - do not have to be separated by an empty character.

An ABAP statement is not restricted to a line in the source text, and is not case-sensitive.

Example

ABAP statement with the keyword DELETE, the addition WHERE, the operators =, <, >, AND, OR, the operands itab, col1, op1, col2, op2, col3, op3and round brackets.

DELETE itab
  WHERE ( col1 = op1 AND ( col2 > op2 OR col3 < op3 ) ).