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Control Statements
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Objectives
The participants will be able to:
Use the basic Control Flow Constructs that are available in the ABAP Editor
Use the following statements in an ABAP Program
IF, CASE, DO, WHILE, CHECK, EXIT, and CONTINUE
Use the Logical Expressions that are available in the ABAP Editor
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Basic Flow Control in ABAP
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The IF Statement
IF X =5.
WRITE :/ ‘The value of X is 5’.
ELSEIF X =6.
WRITE :/ ‘The value of X is 6’.
ELSE .
WRITE :/ ‘X is neither 5 nor 6’.
ENDIF.
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Logical Expressions
Logical Expressions use :
RELATIONAL OPERATORS
LOGICAL OPERATORS
STRING COMPARISON OPERATORS
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Relational Operators
Comparison Syntax
Is Equal to =, EQ
Is not equal to < >, ><, NE
Greater than >, GT
Greater than or equal to > =, = >, GE
Less than <, LT
Less than or equal to <=, =<, LE
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Logical Operators
AND
OR
NOT
The hierarchy of the logical
operators is: NOT, AND and
then OR. (i.e. different from
creating views)
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Bad Programming Practice with Logical Operators
If not ( X = 0 )
or not ( Y = 1 and
Z = X or X = 3
and ( Z = 5 )
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String Comparison Operators
Comparison Syntax
Contains only CO
Contains any CA
Contains string CS
Contains pattern CP
Contains not only CN
Contains not any NA
Contains no string NS
Contains no pattern NP
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Demonstration
Writing an ABAP program with the ‘IF’ statement with logical operators.
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Practice
Writing an ABAP program with the ‘IF’ statement with logical operators.
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The CASE Statement
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CASE Whe .
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SY-UCOMM. ‘S
When
‘SRTD’.
When
Wh ‘GET
en D’.
‘ P IC
Don’t forget K’.
those periods!
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Demonstration
Writing an ABAP program with the ‘CASE’ statement.
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Practice
Writing an ABAP program with the ‘CASE’ statement.
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The DO Loop
J =4.
DO. DO J TIMES.
WRITE :/ ‘Hello world!’. WRITE :/ ‘Hello world!’.
ENDDO. ENDDO.
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The WHILE Loop
If expression evaluates to
FALSE, code in loop is NOT
If expression evaluates executed, and control moves
to TRUE, code in loop is to after ENDWHILE.
executed.
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Nested Loops and Control Structures
DO 2 TIMES.
WRITE :/ SY-INDEX.
DO 3 TIMES.
WRITE : / ‘ ‘, SY-INDEX.
ENDDO.
ENDDO.
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The CHECK Statement
DO 10 TIMES.
CHECK SY-INDEX <= 4.
WRITE :/ SY-INDEX.
ENDDO.
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The EXIT Statement
IF SY-SUBRC <> 0.
EXIT.
ENDIF.
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The CONTINUE Statement
DO 10 TIMES.
IF SY-INDEX >4.
CONTINUE .
ENDIF.
WRITE :/ SY-INDEX.
ENDDO.
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Demonstration
Writing an ABAP program and work with the ‘LOOP’ statement.
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Practice
Writing an ABAP program and work with the ‘LOOP’ statement.
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Summary
Logical expressions are constructed using relational, logical, and string
comparison operators.
The CASE statement is used to distinguish between mutually exclusive options.
A DO loop is used to unconditionally execute a block of code multiple times.
WHILE loop conditionally executes a block of code, possibly multiple times.
The CHECK statement is used to test a logical expression
The EXIT statement unconditionally terminates a loop, subroutine, or program.
The CONTINUE statement is used inside a loop.
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Questions
What are the different kind of control statements in ABAP?
What are different logical expressions available in ABAP?
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