SAP ABAP Syntax Rules

  Every programming language has its own rules and regulations, here SAP-ABAP also has its own rules and regulations to write programs and applications using ABAP syntax. ABAP syntax rules specifies some set of rules to be followed when we are developing ABAP application, this post helps to ABAPers about what rules are need to be follow to create ABAP applications.

       ABAP Syntax Rules

•       An ABAP/4 program consists of individual statements.Each statement must end with a period. 
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•        The first word of a statement is known as the key word. 
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•        Words are separated from each other by at least one blank.
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•        Statements can be indented. Statements can extend over several lines.
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•        You can concatenate several consecutive statements with an identical first part into a chain statement.
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•        When doing this, conclude the identical first part with a colon. After the colon, separate each concatenated part from the next with a comma.
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•         Blanks can appear before and after the separators (colon, comma or period).

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