ABAP Programming Version:-
There are 3 types of ABAP Programming Version:
| Standard ABAP | ABAP for Specific Users | ABAP for Cloud Development |
| This is a basic version. The syntax check for Standard ABAP is performed as unicode check and that is minimum requirement for a Unicode system. | It is a restricted ABAP version where the general rule for standard ABAP apply but with a restricted set of language elements is supported. This version is for secure implementation of Enhancements by the key user within the scope of Enhancement options. | This version is for developments of SAP BTP ABAP and the S/4 HANA Cloud ABAP. In this, ABAP for Cloud version development is restricted where general rules for Standard ABAP apply but very restricted set of language elements is supported and access to repository objects is restricted. |
The Basics Of ABAP Syntax:
- Basic features of ABAP:
- ABAP Statements start with a keyword and end with a full stop sign.
- ABAP Statements have additions and operand positions.
- You can write keywords and identifiers in upper case, lower case or any mixed type.
- You can perform an Upper case or Lower case conversion using the ABAP Formatter.
- All data objects (variables) are declared with a static type.
- The static type does not change during runtime.
- ABAP comes with sub-languages for database access. ( ABAP SQL for queries and ABAP Entity Manipulation Language(EML) for modifications)
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