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ABAP words
ABAP words are the vocabulary of the ABAP language. ABAP statements are
composed of ABAP words, operands, and operators according to defined
syntax rules. ABAP words are taken from the English language and are
grouped into ABAP language
elements and ABAP language
element additions that express the semantics of a statement. In
addition to letters, ABAP words can also contain hyphens ( - ) to
form multi-word expressions. As well as ABAP words, some operators are
also made up of letters.
The first ABAP word of a statement is the
ABAP key word . The remaining ABAP words are additions to a key word.
A single ABAP word can be used both as a keyword and as a non-keyword.
For example, DATA is used as a keyword as well as an addition to
other keywords.
ABAP words are not reserved names as in some programming languages.
Although the use of an ABAP word for naming
conventions is not forbidden, it should be avoided if possible. As
following this rule can itself lead to such a situation by the
introduction of new elements, suitable naming conventions should be
observed for reserved names to avoid a collision with language elements.
The following table contains all ABAP words, the names of
predefined data types and the
names (consisting of letters) of operators .
Names in ABAP programs are not case-sensitive.
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