Get to know ABAP in all its intricacy and detail with this, your comprehensive reference for all ABAP statements. Each chapter discusses the relevant keywords for the topic at hand, and begins with an introduction that explains the essential concepts, such as character string processing, dynpro development, and more. For each statement, the book offers an explanation of the function, the syntax listing, a description, notes on special usage, and an example. The clear organization of content, a full index, and the comprehensive glossary will help you navigate through the complexities of ABAP with ease.
1. Comprehensive Discussion of Keywords
Learn about every language construct that you may encounter in dealing with ABAP programs, whether it is brand new or obsolete.
2. Syntax Diagrams
Explore syntax diagrams for each statement that show you all your options at a glance.
3. Practical Examples
Expand your knowledge with the various example programs that give you a feel for the surrounding structure of a program statement.
4. Icons for New Concepts
Easily identify new content and statements via icons throughout the text.
5. ABAP Glossary
Browse a unique glossary of almost 1,000 entries, which explains all programming concepts from A to Z.
Highlights:
Extended expression handling
Pragmas
Internal tables
Unicode extension
Obsolete language elements
Conversion rules
Allocations
ABAP and XML
Exceptions
Glossary
Explore comprehensive explanations of all ABAP statements
Expand your knowledge with new information on extended expression handling, pragmas, introduction to internal tables, and database streaming
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Horst Keller
Dr. Horst Keller works in the NetWeaver Developer Tools ABAP group at SAP. As Knowledge Architect he is responsible for documentation and roll-out relating to ABAP and ABAP Objects. He also oversees the programs for preparing and presenting the ABAP documentation including the relating search algorithms.
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