ABAP words

ABAP words are the vocabulary of the ABAP language. ABAP statements are composed of ABAP words, operands, and operators according to defined syntax rules. ABAP words are taken from the English language and are grouped into ABAP language elements and ABAP language element additions that express the semantics of a statement. In addition to letters, ABAP words can also contain hyphens (-) to form multi-word expressions. As well as ABAP words, some operators are also made up of letters.

The first ABAP word of a statement is the ABAP key word. The remaining ABAP words are additions to a key word. A single ABAP word can be used both as a keyword and as a non-keyword. For example, DATA is used as a keyword as well as an addition to other keywords.

ABAP words are not reserved names as in some programming languages. Although the use of an ABAP word for naming conventions is not forbidden, it should be avoided if possible. As following this rule can itself lead to such a situation by the introduction of new elements, suitable naming conventions should be observed for reserved names to avoid a collision with language elements.

The following table contains all ABAP words and other elements composed of letters such as operators, predefined data types, and predefined functions. The specification of names in ABAP programs is not case-specific.

ABAP-SOURCE	ABBREVIATED	ABS	ABSTRACT	ACCEPT
ACCEPTING	ACCORDING	ACOS	ACTIVATION	ACTUAL
ADD	ADD-CORRESPONDING	ADJACENT	AFTER	ALIASES
ALL	ALLOCATE	ANALYSIS	ANALYZER	AND
ANY	APPEND	APPENDAGE	APPENDING	APPLICATION
ARCHIVE	AREA	ARITHMETIC	AS	ASCENDING
ASIN	ASSERT	ASSIGN	ASSIGNED	ASSIGNING
AT	ATAN	ATTRIBUTES	AUTHORITY	AUTHORITY-CHECK
AVG	BACK	BACKGROUND	BACKUP	BACKWARD
BADI	BEFORE	BEGIN	BETWEEN	BIG
BINARY	BIT	BIT-AND	BIT-NOT	BIT-OR
BIT-XOR	BLACK	BLANK	BLANKS	BLOCK
BLOCKS	BLUE	BOUND	BOUNDARIES	BOUNDS
BREAK-POINT	BT	BUFFER	BY	BYPASSING
BYTE	BYTE-CA	BYTE-CN	BYTE-CO	BYTE-CS
BYTE-NA	BYTE-NS	BYTE-ORDER	C	CA
CALL	CALLING	CASE	CASTING	CATCH
CEIL	CENTERED	CHAIN	CHAIN-INPUT	CHAIN-REQUEST
CHANGE	CHANGING	CHARACTER	CHARLEN	CHAR-TO-HEX
CHECK	CHECKBOX	CIRCULAR	CLASS	CLASS-CODING
CLASS-DATA	CLASS-EVENTS	CLASS-METHODS	CLASS-POOL	CLEANUP
CLEAR	CLIENT	CLIKE	CLOCK	CLOSE
CN	CO	CODE	CODEPAGE	CODING
COL_BACKGROUND	COL_GROUP	COL_HEADING	COL_KEY	COLLECT
COL_NEGATIVE	COL_NORMAL	COLOR	COL_POSITIVE	COL_TOTAL
COLUMN	COMMENT	COMMENTS	COMMIT	COMMON
COMMUNICATION	COMPARING	COMPONENT	COMPONENTS	COMPRESSION
COMPUTE	CONCATENATE	CONDENSE	CONDITION	CONNECT
CONNECTION	CONSTANTS	CONTEXT	CONTEXTS	CONTINUE
CONTROL	CONTROLS	CONVERSION	CONVERT	COPIES
COPY	CORRESPONDING	COS	COSH	COUNT
COUNTRY	COVER	CP	CPI	CREATE
CS	CSEQUENCE	CURRENCY	CURRENT	CURSOR
CURSOR-SELECTION	CUSTOMER-FUNCTION	D	DATA	DATABASE
DATAINFO	DATASET	DATE	DAYLIGHT	DBMAXLEN
DD/MM/YY	DDMMYY	DD/MM/YYYY	DEALLOCATE	DECIMALS
DEFAULT	DEFERRED	DEFINE	DEFINING	DEFINITION
DELETE	DELETING	DEMAND	DEPARTMENT	DESCENDING
DESCRIBE	DESTINATION	DETAIL	DIALOG	DIRECTORY
DISCONNECT	DISPLAY	DISPLAY-MODE	DISTANCE	DISTINCT
DIV	DIVIDE	DIVIDE-CORRESPONDING	DO	DUMMY
DUPLICATE	DUPLICATES	DURING	DYNAMIC	DYNPRO
E	#EC	EDIT	EDITOR-CALL	ELSE
ELSEIF	ENABLED	ENABLING	ENCODING	END
ENDAT	ENDCASE	ENDCATCH	ENDCHAIN	ENDCLASS
ENDDO	ENDENHANCEMENT	END-ENHANCEMENT-SECTION	ENDEXEC	ENDFORM
ENDFUNCTION	ENDIAN	ENDIF	ENDING	ENDINTERFACE
END-LINES	ENDLOOP	ENDMETHOD	ENDMODULE	END-OF-DEFINITION
END-OF-FILE	END-OF-PAGE	END-OF-SELECTION	ENDON	ENDPROVIDE
ENDSELECT	ENDTRY	ENDWHILE	ENHANCEMENT	ENHANCEMENT-POINT
ENHANCEMENTS	ENHANCEMENT-SECTION	ENTRIES	ENTRY	EQ
ERRORMESSAGE	ERRORS	ESCAPE	ESCAPING	EVENT
EVENTS	EXCEPTION	EXCEPTIONS	EXCEPTION-TABLE	EXCLUDE
EXCLUDING	EXEC	EXECUTE	EXISTS	EXIT
EXIT-COMMAND	EXP	EXPAND	EXPIRATION	EXPLICIT
EXPONENT	EXPORT	EXPORTING	EXTENDED	EXTENSION
EXTRACT	F	FETCH	FIELD	FIELD-GROUPS
FIELDS	FIELD-SYMBOLS	FILE	FILTER	FILTERS
FINAL	FIND	FIRST	FIRST-LINE	FIXED-POINT
FKEQ	FKGE	FLOOR	FLUSH	FONT
FOR	FORM	FORMAT	FORWARD	FOUND
FRAC	FRAME	FRAMES	FREE	FRIENDS
FROM	FTO	FUNCTION	FUNCTION-POOL	GAPS
GE	GENERATE	GET	GIVING	GKEQ
GKGE	GLOBAL	GREEN	GROUP	GROUPS
GT	HANDLE	HANDLER	HASHED	HAVING
HEADER	HEADERS	HEADING	HEAD-LINES	HELP-ID
HELP-REQUEST	HIDE	HIGH	HINT	HOLD
HOTSPOT	I	ICON	ID	IDENTIFICATION
IDENTIFIER	IDS	IF	IGNORING	IMMEDIATELY
IMPLEMENTATION	IMPLEMENTATIONS	IMPORT	IMPORTING	IN
INCLUDE	INCLUDES	INCLUDING	INCREMENT	INDEX
INDEX-LINE	INFOTYPES	INHERITING	INIT	INITIAL
INITIALIZATION	INNER	INOUT	*-INPUT	INPUT
INSERT	INSTANCES	INTENSIFIED	INTERFACE	INTERFACE-POOL
INTERFACES	INTERNAL	INTERVALS	INTO	INVERSE
INVERTED-DATE	IS	JOB	JOIN	KEEP
KEEPING	KERNEL	KEY	KEYS	KEYWORDS
KIND	LANGUAGE	LAST	LATE	LAYOUT
LE	LEADING	LEAVE	LEFT	LEFT-JUSTIFIED
LEGACY	LENGTH	LEVEL	LEVELS	LIKE
LINE	LINE-COUNT	LINEFEED	LINES	LINE-SELECTION
LINE-SIZE	LIST	LISTBOX	LIST-PROCESSING	LITTLE
LOAD	LOAD-OF-PROGRAM	LOCAL	LOCALE	LOG
LOG10	LOGFILE	LOG-POINT	LOOP	LOW
LOWER	LPI	LT	M	MAIL
MAIN	MAJOR-ID	MARGIN	MARK	MASK
MATCH	MATCHCODE	MAX	MAXIMUM	MEMORY
MESSAGE	MESSAGE-ID	MESSAGES	METHOD	METHODS
MIN	MINIMUM	MINOR-ID	MM/DD/YY	MMDDYY
MM/DD/YYYY	MOD	MODE	MODIF	MODIFIER
MODIFY	MODULE	MOVE	MOVE-CORRESPONDING	MULTIPLY
MULTIPLY-CORRESPONDING	N	NA	NAME	NAMETAB
NATIVE	NB	NE	NESTING	NEW
NEW-LINE	NEW-PAGE	NEW-SECTION	NEXT	NO
NODE	NODES	NO-DISPLAY	NO-EXTENSION	NO-EXTENSIONS
NO-GAP	NO-GAPS	NO-GROUPING	NO-HEADING	NON-UNICODE
NON-UNIQUE	NO-SCROLLING	NO-SIGN	NOT	NO-TITLE
NO-TOPOFPAGE	NO-ZERO	NP	NS	NULL
NUMBER	NUMERIC	NUMOFCHAR	O	OBJECT
OBJECTS	OBLIGATORY	OCCURRENCE	OCCURRENCES	OCCURS
OF	OFF	OFFSET	OLE	ON
ONLY	OPEN	OPTION	OPTIONAL	OPTIONS
OR	ORDER	OTHERS	OUT	OUTER
OUTPUT	OUTPUT-LENGTH	OVERFLOW	OVERLAY	P
PACK	PACKAGE	PADDING	PAGE	PAGES
PARAMETER	PARAMETERS	PARAMETER-TABLE	PART	PATTERN
PERCENTAGE	PERFORM	PERFORMING	PERSON	PF
PF-STATUS	PINK	PLACES	POOL	POSITION
PRECOMPILED	PREFERRED	PRESERVING	PRIMARY	PRINT
PRINT-CONTROL	PRIORITY	PRIVATE	PROCEDURE	PROCESS
PROGRAM	PROPERTY	PROTECTED	PROVIDE	PUBLIC
PUSHBUTTON	PUT	QUEUE-ONLY	QUICKINFO	RADIOBUTTON
RAISE	RAISING	RANGE	RANGES	READ
READ-ONLY	RECEIVE	RECEIVED	RECEIVER	RECEIVING
RED	REDEFINITION	REF	REFERENCE	REFRESH
REGEX	REJECT	RENAMING	REPLACE	REPLACEMENT
REPLACING	REPORT	REQUEST	REQUESTED	RESERVE
RESET	RESOLUTION	RESPECTING	RESPONSIBLE	RESULT
RESULTS	RETURN	RETURNCODE	RETURNING	RFC
RIGHT	RIGHT-JUSTIFIED	ROLLBACK	ROUND	ROWS
RUN	SAP	SAP-SPOOL	SAVING	SCAN
SCREEN	SCROLL	SCROLL-BOUNDARY	SCROLLING	SEARCH
SECONDS	SECTION	SELECT	SELECTION	SELECTIONS
SELECTION-SCREEN	SELECTION-SET	SELECTION-SETS	SELECTION-TABLE	SELECT-OPTIONS
SEND	SEPARATE	SEPARATED	SET	SHARED
SHIFT	SHORTDUMP-ID	SIGN	SIMPLE	SIN
SINGLE	SINH	SIZE	SKIP	SKIPPING
SMART	SOME	SORT	SORTABLE	SORTED
SOURCE	SPECIFIED	SPLIT	SPOOL	SPOTS
SQL	SQRT	STABLE	STAMP	STANDARD
STARTING	START-OF-SELECTION	STATE	STATEMENT	STATEMENTS
STATIC	STATICS	STATUSINFO	STEP-LOOP	STOP
STRING	STRLEN	STRUCTURE	STRUCTURES	SUBKEY
SUBMATCHES	SUBMIT	SUBROUTINE	SUBSCREEN	SUBSTRING
SUBTRACT	SUBTRACT-CORRESPONDING	SUFFIX	SUM	SUMMARY
SUMMING	SUPPLIED	SUPPLY	SUPPRESS	SWITCH
SWITCHSTATES	SYMBOL	SYNCPOINTS	SYNTAX-CHECK	SYNTAX-TRACE
SYSTEM-CALL	SYSTEM-EXCEPTIONS	SYSTEM-EXIT	T	TAB
TABBED	TABLE	TABLES	TABLEVIEW	TABSTRIP
TAN	TANH	TASK	TEST	TESTING
TEXT	TEXTPOOL	THEN	TIME	TIMES
TITLE	TITLEBAR	TITLE-LINES	?TO	TO
TOKENIZATION	TOKENS	TOP-LINES	TOP-OF-PAGE	TRACE-FILE
TRACE-TABLE	TRAILING	TRANSACTION	TRANSFER	TRANSFORMATION
TRANSLATE	TRANSPORTING	TRMAC	TRUNC	TRUNCATE
TRUNCATION	TRY	TYPE	TYPE-POOL	TYPE-POOLS
TYPES	ULINE	UNASSIGN	UNDER	UNICODE
UNIQUE	UNIT	UNIX	UNPACK	UNTIL
UP	UPDATE	UPPER	USER	USER-COMMAND
USING	UTF-8	VALID	VALUE	VALUE-REQUEST
VALUES	VARY	VARYING	VERIFICATION-MESSAGE	VERSION
VIA	VISIBLE	WAIT	WARNING	WHEN
WHENEVER	WHERE	WHILE	WIDTH	WINDOW
WINDOWS	WITH	WITH-HEADING	WITHOUT	WITH-TITLE
WORD	WORK	WRITE	X	XML
XSEQUENCE	XSTRING	XSTRLEN	YELLOW	YYMMDD
Z	ZONE