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ABAP CONSTANTS Statement syntax, information and example SAP source code
CONSTANTS
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ABAP Syntax CONSTANTS const [ options ].
What does it do? This statement declares a constant data object,
for short. The content of a constant cannot be changed at runtime of an ABAP program. It can only be used as an operand in reader positions of ABAP statements. Constants declared in the declaration section of a class or an interface belong to static attributes of that class or interface.
The naming conventions apply to the name const . The syntax of the additions options of the statement CONSTANTS statement for declaring constants matches the statement DATA for declaring variables. Only the additions READ-ONLY , BOXED , and the declaration of LOB handle structures are not possible. As previously, the statement INCLUDE cannot be used within the declaration of a structure.
Unlike the DATA statement, an
initial value with the addition VALUE
must be specified when using the CONSTANTS statement. The same restrictions as for the DATA statement apply. This has the following implications for the declaration of constants with deep data types:
A start value val can be specified for the ABAP types
string and xstring only.
Constant internal tables, reference variables, and structures with not purely character-like flat components can be assigned their initial value by IS INITIAL only, and are therefore always initial.
Latest notes: If the class component selector is used, the interface name can also be used to access static attributes of interfaces declared using CONSTANTS .
Constants are stored in the PXA and are available to all programs.
Example ABAP Coding The statements below declare a numeric constant, a constant structure, and a constant reference. The reference can be used in comparisons, for example, or passed to
procedures .
CONSTANTS pi TYPE p LENGTH 8 DECIMALS 14
VALUE '3.14159265358979'.
CONSTANTS: BEGIN OF sap_ag,
zip_code TYPE n LENGTH 5 VALUE '69189',
city TYPE string VALUE `Walldorf`,
country TYPE string VALUE `Germany`,
END OF sap_ag.
CONSTANTS null_pointer TYPE REF TO object VALUE IS INITIAL.
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