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ABAP COMPUTE ARITH Statement syntax, information and example SAP source code
arith_exp - Arithmetic Expressions
Short Reference
ABAP Syntax
[{ +|-|*|/|DIV|MOD|** } [+|-] operand2
[{ +|-|*|/|DIV|MOD|** } [+|-] operand3
... ]] ... .
What does it do? An arithmetic expression expresses a calculation. The result of an arithmetic expression is a numeric value of the calculation type assigned to the arithmetic expression. In an arithmetic expression arith_exp , the arithmetic operators + , - , * , / , DIV , MOD , or ** can be used to join an operand operand1 with one or more operands operand2
, operand3 ... Brackets are also possible. Arithmetic expressions can occur in the reader positions of certain statements , in particular on the right side of an assignment with the assignment operator = . When used as the operand of the lossless operator EXACT , an arithmetic expression can be checked for a lossless calculation .
The operand positions operand are general expression positions , which means that numeric data objects,
predefined functions , functional methods
, or compound arithmetic expressions can be specified. The arithmetic operators + , - , * , / , DIV , MOD
, and ** join two adjacent operands. When the expression is evaluated, a numeric value is calculated and joined with the next adjacent operand. The priority of this join depends on the operators used.
Each operand can be preceded by the signs + or - , in any order and separated by one or more blanks. The effect of using a sign is the same as specifying the expression +1 * or -1 * , which means that a sign has the same priority as a multiplication.
If functional methods or character-like expressions are specified as operands, they are listed from left to right and from inside to outside before the remainder of the expression is evaluated. The return values are buffered to be used in the corresponding operand positions. Here, character-like processing functions and string expressions are only possible as arguments of description functions .
Latest notes:s Note whether the value of a data object that is also used as an operand is changed in a specified functional method. Even if an operand of this type precedes the functional method, its value will always be changed by the method before it is evaluated.
Arithmetic expressions, string expressions , and bit expressions cannot be combined. Predefined functions that are used as operands for arithmetic expressions can, however, contain string expressions or bit expressions as arguments.
If an arithmetic expression is specified as an argument of one of the overloaded numeric functions , the entire function works like an arithmetic expression.
Example ABAP Coding The following program excerpt computes the hyperbolic sine with the Eulerian formula in calculation type decfloat34 and with the predefined function
sinh in calculation type f and displays the difference.
TYPES:
BEGIN OF line,
x TYPE string,
y TYPE string,
END OF line.
DATA
output TYPE TABLE OF line WITH EMPTY KEY.
DO 2001 TIMES.
TRY.
DATA(x) = sy-index - 1001.
DATA(result1) = CONV decfloat16(
( exp( x ) - exp( -1 * x ) ) / 2 ).
DATA(result2) = CONV f( sinh( x ) ).
DATA(diff) = abs( result1 - result2 ).
IF diff <(><<)>> 0.
APPEND VALUE #( x = |{ x }|
y = |{ diff STYLE = SCIENTIFIC }| ) TO output.
ENDIF.
CATCH cx_sy_conversion_overflow cx_sy_arithmetic_overflow.
ENDTRY.
ENDDO.
cl_demo_output=>display( output ).
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