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ABAP/4 Syntax

An ABAP/4 program consists of individual statements that are English-like ( or natural language-like) so they are easily readable by an individual interested in the application.

An ABAP/4 program consists of a series of statements that describe program actions.

• Each statement must end with a period.
  
• The first word of a statement is known as the keyword.
  
• Words are separated from each other by at least one blank.
  
• Statements can be indented.
  
• Statements can extend over several lines.

PROGRAM ZA01TEST.

WRITE 'First Program'.

This example contains two statements, one on each line. The keywords are PROGRAM and WRITE. The program displays the output (known as a list) on the screen. In this case, the list consists of the line "First Program".

Authored by: Roger Hayen © Central Michigan Univeristy and/or © SAP America, Inc. All rights reserved.