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Operators
ABAP contains the following operators:

Operators that perform special operations in operand positions:

Declaration operators

The declaration operators DATA and FIELD-SYMBOL declare variables or field symbols in operand positions.

Constructor operators

The constructor operators NEW , VALUE , REF ,
EXACT , CONV , and CAST construct values for data objects of certain data types in constructor expressions.

Operators that join multiple operands in a single expression:

Assignment operators

The assignment operator = joins the source field and target field of an assignment. In the case of assignments, the special casting operator ?= performs a down cast . The operator = also joins actual parameters with formal parameters, for example in procedure calls or when working with data clusters .

Arithmetic operators

The arithmetic operators + , - , * , / , DIV
, MOD , and ** join two or more numeric operands with an arithmetic expression. In addition, the characters + and -
act as plus/minus signs in arithmetic expressions.

Bit operators

The bit operators BIT-AND , BIT-OR , and BIT-XOR join two or more byte-like operands with a bit expression. The bit operator BIT-NOT negates a byte-like operand.

String operators

The string operator chains two character-like operands to a string expression.

Relational operators

Relational operators occur in relational expressions, which themselves are components of logical expressions. The comparison operators = , , , , = , = , BETWEEN , and so on join two or more operands of any data type as a comparison expression. There are additional relational operators for specific data types. The predicate operator IS qualifies an operand.

Boolean operators

The Boolean operators AND , OR , and EQUIV join the results of individual logical expressions with a logical expression. The result of a logical expression is either true or false. The Boolean operator NOT negates the result of a logical expression.

Operator that joins two operands in compilations:

Literal operator

The literal operator joins two literals or two string templates with a literal or a string template.