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Introductory Statements for Programs

CLASS-POOL Introduces a class pool
FUNCTION-POOL Introduces a function group
INTERFACE-POOL Introduces an interface pool
PROGRAM Introduces a module pool or subroutine pool
REPORT Introduces an executable program
TYPE-POOL Introduces a type pool


Modularization Statements

Procedures

FUNCTION ... ENDFUNCTION Defines a function module
METHOD ... ENDMETHOD Defines a method


Dialog Modules

MODULE ... ENDMODULE Defines a dialog module


Event Blocks

AT LINE-SELECTION List Event
AT SELECTION-SCREEN Selection Screen Event
AT USER-COMMAND List Event
END-OF-PAGE
List Event
END-OF-SELECTION Reporting Event
GET Reporting Event
INITIALIZATION Reporting Event
LOAD-OF-PROGRAM Program Constructor Event
START-OF-SELECTION Reporting Event
TOP-OF-PAGE
List Event


Source Code Modules

DEFINE ... END-OF-DEFINITION Defines a macro
INCLUDE Includes an include program


Declarative Statements


Data Types and Data Objects

CONSTANTS Declares a constant
DATA Declares a
variable
FIELD-SYMBOLS Declares a field symbol
INCLUDE Includes a structure
NODES Declares a table work area
STATICS Declares a static variable
TABLES Declares a table work area
TYPES Defines a separate data type


Classes and Interfaces

ALIASES Declares an
alias name
CLASS ... ENDCLASS Defines a class
CLASS-DATA Declares a static attribute
CLASS-EVENTS Declares a static event
CLASS-METHODS Declares a static method
EVENTS Declares an instance event
INTERFACE ... ENDINTERFACE Defines an interface
INTERFACES Includes an interface
METHODS Declares an instance method
PRIVATE SECTION Introduces the package visibility section
PROTECTED SECTION Introduces the protected
visibility section
PUBLIC SECTION Introduces the public visibility section


Object Creation

CREATE DATA Creates an anonymous data object
CREATE OBJECT Creates an object .


Calling and Exiting Program Units

Calling Programs

CALL TRANSACTION Calls a transaction
LEAVE TO TRANSACTION Calls a transaction
SUBMIT Calls an executable program


Calling Processing Blocks

CALL FUNCTION Calls a function module
CALL METHOD Calls a method dynamically
PERFORM Calls a
subroutine
RAISE EVENT Triggers an event
SET HANDLER Registers an event
SET USER-COMMAND Triggers a list event


Exiting Program Units

CHECK Exits a loop
pass or processing block
CONTINUE Exits a loop
pass
EXIT Exits a loop or processing block
LEAVE PROGRAM Exits an ABAP program
REJECT Exits a processing block
RETURN Exits a processing block
STOP Exits a
processing block


Program Flow Logic


Control Structures

DO ... ENDDO Loop
CASE ... WHEN ... ENDCASE Branch
IF ... ELSEIF ... ELSE ... ENDIF Branch
WHILE ... ENDWHILE Loop



Program Interruption

WAIT UP TO Program interruption for a certain amount of time


Exception Handling

RAISE Triggers a non-class-based exception
RAISE EXCEPTION Triggers a class-based exception
TRY ... CATCH ... CLEANUP ... ENDTRY Handles class-based exceptions
RESUME Resumes after a resumable exception


Assignments


Special Assignments

MOVE-CORRESPONDING Assignment according to structure components
UNPACK Unpacks a packed number


Setting References

ASSIGN Sets a
field symbol
UNASSIGN Initializes a field symbol
GET REFERENCE Sets a data reference


Initializations

CLEAR Initializes a data object
FREE Initializes a data object


Processing Internal Data


Calculation Statements

ADD Adds
numeric data objects
DIVIDE Divides numeric data objects
MULTIPLY Multiplies numeric data objects
SUBTRACT Subtracts numeric data objects


Character String and Byte String Processing

CONCATENATE Concatenates character strings or byte chains
CONDENSE Condenses a character string
CONVERT TEXT Converts a character string
FIND Searches in a character string or byte chain
GET BIT Reads individual bits in a byte chain
OVERLAY Replacement in a character string
REPLACE Replacement in a character string or byte chain
SET BIT Sets individual bits in a byte chain
SHIFT Moves a character string or byte chain
SPLIT Splits a character string or byte chain
TRANSLATE Converts a character string
WRITE TO Formats values as a character string


Internal Tables

APPEND Attaches rows to an internal table
AT
Control level processing of an
internal table
COLLECT Condensed insertion of rows into an internal table
DELETE Deletes rows from an internal table
FIND IN TABLE Searches in an internal table
INSERT Inserts rows into an internal table
LOOP AT ... ENDLOOP Loop for an internal table
MODIFY Changes rows in an internal table
READ TABLE Reads a row of an internal table
REPLACE IN TABLE Replacement in an internal table
SORT Sorts an internal table
SUM Summation of numeric fields in an internal table


Extracts

AT Control level processing of extract dataset
EXTRACT Fills extract dataset
FIELD-GROUPS Declares a field group
INSERT Builds a field group
LOOP ... ENDLOOP Loop for the extract dataset
SORT Sorts extract dataset


Attributes of Data Objects

DESCRIBE Determines the properties of a data object


User Dialogs


Dynpros

CALL SCREEN Calls a dynpro sequence
CONTROLS Declares a control
EXIT FROM STEP-LOOP Exits a table control or step loop
GET CURSOR Reads the cursor position
GET PF-STATUS Sets the GUI status
LEAVE [TO] SCREEN Exits a dynpro
LOOP AT SCREEN ... ENDLOOP Loop for screen elements
MODIFY SCREEN Modifies a screen element
REFRESH CONTROL Initializes a table control
SET CURSOR Sets the cursor position
SET HOLD DATA Activates/deactivates standard menu entries
SET PF-STATUS Sets the GUI status
SET SCREEN Sets the next dynpro
SET TITLEBAR Sets the GUI title
SUPPRESS DIALOG Suppresses the screen


Selection Screens

PARAMETERS Defines a parameter
SELECTION-SCREEN Defines a selection screen or a screen element
SELECT-OPTIONS Defines a selection criterion


Lists

BACK Relative positioning of list cursor
DESCRIBE LIST Specifies the properties of a list in the list buffer
FORMAT Formats a list
GET CURSOR Reads the cursor position
HIDE Saves a data object in a list level
LEAVE TO LIST-PROCESSING Calls the list processing
LEAVE LIST-PROCESSING Exits list processing
MODIFY LINE Changes a list in the list buffer
NEW-LINE Line break in a list
NEW-PAGE Page break in a list
POSITION Positions the list cursor
PRINT-CONTROL Formats a spool list .
READ LINE Reads a list in the list buffer
RESERVE Relative page break in a list
SCROLL LIST Scrolls in a list
SET BLANK LINES Controls the blank characters in a list
SET CURSOR Sets the cursor position
SET MARGIN Sets the margin of a spool list
SET PF-STATUS Sets the GUI status
SET LEFT SCROLL-BOUNDARY Sets the scroll boundaries of a list
SET TITLEBAR Sets the GUI title
SKIP Positions the
list cursor
ULINE Displays a line in a list
WINDOW Displays a list in a dialog box
WRITE Displays data in a list


Messages

MESSAGE Send a
message


Processing External Data


Open SQL

CLOSE CURSOR Closes a database cursor
DELETE Deletes rows from a database table
FETCH NEXT CURSOR Reads rows using a database cursor
INSERT Inserts rows into a database table
MODIFY Changes or inserts rows in a database table
OPEN CURSOR Opens a database cursor
SELECT ... ENDSELECT Reads rows from a database table
UPDATE Changes rows in a database table


Native SQL

EXEC SQL ... ENDEXEC Defines an area for Native SQL


Secondary Database Connections

COMMIT CONNECTION
Completes an SAP LUW on a secondary database connection
ROLLBACK CONNECTION
Cancels an SAP LUW on a secondary database connection


Data Clusters

DELETE Deletes data clusters
EXPORT Exports data objects into a data cluster
FREE MEMORY Deletes data clusters from the ABAP memory
IMPORT Imports data objects from a data cluster
IMPORT DIRECTORY Creates the interval directory of a data cluster


File Interface

CLOSE DATASET Closes a file
DELETE DATASET Deletes a file
GET DATASET Specifies the properties of a file
OPEN DATASET Opens a file
READ DATASET Reads a file
SET DATASET Sets the properties of a file
TRANSFER Fills a file

TRUNCATE DATASET Changes the size of a file


Data Consistency

AUTHORITY-CHECK Checks an authorization
COMMIT WORK Completes a SAP-LUW
ROLLBACK WORK Cancels a SAP-LUW
SET UPDATE TASK LOCAL Sets the local update


Program Parameters


SAP Memory

GET PARAMETER Reads an SPA/GPA parameter
SET PARAMETER Sets an SPA/GPA parameter


Language Environment

GET LOCALE Specifies the text environment .
SET COUNTRY Sets the formatting settings of the language environment
SET LANGUAGE Loads a text pool
SET LOCALE Sets the text environment


Date and Time Information

CONVERT INTO TIME STAMP
Converts date and time into time stamp
CONVERT TIME STAMP Converts a time stamp into data and time
GET TIME Fills the system fields for date and time
GET TIME STAMP Creates a time stamp


Program Processing


Testing and Checking Programs

ASSERT Defines an
assertion
BREAK-POINT Defines a breakpoint
LOG-POINT Defines a logpoint
GET RUN TIME Specifies a measuring interval
SET RUN TIME ANALYZER Controls the runtime analysis
SET RUN TIME CLOCK Sets the measurement accuracy for
measuring intervals


Dynamic Program Development

GENERATE SUBROUTINE POOL Generates a subroutine pool
INSERT REPORT Stores an ABAP program
INSERT TEXTPOOL Stores a text pool
READ REPORT Imports an ABAP program
READ TEXTPOOL Imports a text pool
SYNTAX-CHECK Calls the syntax check


ABAP Data and Communication Interfaces


Remote Function Call

CALL FUNCTION DESTINATION
Remote Function Call
RECEIVE Receives parameters for the remote function call
WAIT UNTIL Waits for completion of the remote function call


ABAP and XML

CALL TRANSFORMATION Calls an XSLT program or a simple transformation


OLE Interface

CALL METHOD Calls a OLE automation method
CREATE OBJECT Create an OLE automation object
FREE OBJECT Releases memory in the OLE automation
GET PROPERTY Reads an attribute in the OLE Automation
SET PROPERTY Sets an attribute in the OLE Automation


Enhancements


Source Code Enhancements

ENHANCEMENT ... ENDENHANCEMENT
Implements a source code enhancement
ENHANCEMENT-POINT Defines a source code enhancement
ENHANCEMENT-SECTION ... END-ENHANCEMENT-SECTION Defines a source code enhancement


Enhancements Using BAdIs

GET BADI Creates a BAdl object
CALL BADI Calls BAdI methods


Statements for Experts

INFOTYPES Declares an internal table for HR info types
PROVIDE ... ENDPROVIDE Loop for multiple internal tables


Obsolete Statements


Obsolete Modularization

FORM ... ENDFORM Defines a subroutine
LOCAL Temporarily stores a data object


Obsolete Declarations

FIELDS Addresses a data object
RANGES Declares a ranges table
TYPE-POOLS Loads a type pool


Obsolete Calls

CALL CUSTOMER-FUNCTION Calls a function module exit
CALL DIALOG Calls a dialog module
PUT Triggers a
reporting event


Obsolete Exit

LEAVE Context-dependent exit of an ABAP program


Obsolete Control Structure

ON CHANGE OF ... ENDON Obsolete branch


Obsolete Exception Handling

CATCH SYSTEM-EXCEPTIONS Catches catchable runtime error


Obsolete Assignments

MOVE Assigns data objects
MOVE - PERCENTAGE Assigns a subobject of a data object
PACK Packs a
packed number


Obsolete Calculation Statements

COMPUTE Calculates a calculation expression
ADD-CORRESPONDING Adds structure components
DIVIDE-CORRESPONDING Divides structure components
MULTIPLY-CORRESPONDING Multiplies structure components
SUBTRACT-CORRESPONDING Subtracts structure components


Obsolete Character String and Byte String Processing

CONVERT DATE|INVERTED-DATE Transforms a character string into nine's complement
REPLACE Replacement in a character string or byte string
SEARCH Obsolete search in a character string or byte string


Obsolete Internal Table Processing

REFRESH Obsolete initialization of an internal table
SEARCH itab Obsolete search in an internal table
WRITE TO itab Writes to an internal table (obsolete)


Obsolete Database Access

DELETE Deletes a row in a database table (obsolete)
LOOP AT Obsolete loop for a database table
MODIFY Changes a row in a database table (obsolete)
READ TABLE Reads a row in a database table (obsolete)
REFRESH FROM Reads rows in a database table (obsolete)


Native SQL

EXIT FROM SQL Exits implicit cursor processing of Native SQL


Contexts

CONTEXTS Data type for contexts
DEMAND Requests a
context
SUPPLY Fills the key fields of a context


Obsolete Statements in List Processing

AT PFnn Obsolete
List Event
DETAIL Intensity of the background color in a
list
INPUT Input-ready status of a list
MAXIMUM Maximum value of output values in a list
MINIMUM Minimum value of output values in a list
NEW-SECTION Controls a spool list .
SUMMARY Intensity of the background color in a list
SUMMING Sum of output values in a list


Obsolete Editor Calls

EDITOR-CALL FOR itab. Calls a GUI Control (obsolete)
EDITOR-CALL FOR REPORT Calls
ABAP Editor


Obsolete Tests and Checks

SET EXTENDED CHECK Controls the enhanced program check


Obsolete External Programming Interface

COMMUNICATION Addresses the CPI-C interface


Internal Statements


Program Processing

DELETE DYNPRO Deletes a dynpro
DELETE REPORT Deletes an ABAP program
DELETE TEXTPOOL Deletes a text pool
EXPORT DYNPRO Exports a dynpro
GENERATE DYNPRO Generates a dynpro
GENERATE REPORT Generates an ABAP program
LOAD REPORT Loads an ABAP program
IMPORT DYNPRO Imports a dynpro
SCAN Splits an
ABAP program into tokens
SYNTAX-CHECK FOR DYNPRO Syntax check for a dynpro
SYNTAX-TRACE Influences the syntax check


External Interface

CALL Calls a c function of the ABAP runtime environment