SAP FUNCTIONS EXPRESSIONS

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Functions and Expressions for Operand Positions
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Write Positions
The following expressions can be specified in write positions:

Declaration expressions

... DATA(...) ...

... FINAL(...) ...

... FIELD-SYMBOL(...) ...

Writable expressions

The constructor expressions NEW class( ... )->attr and CAST type( ... )->dobj

Table expressions itab[ ... ] and their chainings

Read Positions
Functions that can be specified in a read position include the following:

Built-in functions ... func( arg ) ...
... ... func( val = arg p1 = arg1 p2 = arg2 ... ) ...

Functional methods ... meth( ) ...
... meth( a ) ...
... meth( p1 = a1 p2 = a2 ... ) ...
... meth( $[EXPORTING p1 = a1 p2 = a2 ...$]
$[IMPORTING p1 = a1 p2 = a2 ...$]
$[CHANGING p1 = a1 p2 = a2 ...$] ) ...

Method chaining

Chained method call:

... ...->meth1( ... )->meth2( ... )->...->meth( ... ) ...

Chained attribute access:

... ...->meth1( ... )->meth2( ... )->...->attr ...
The following expressions can be specified in read positions:

Calculation expressions:

Arithmetic expressions

... arith_exp ...

Bit expressions

... bit_exp ...

String Expressions

... string_exp ...

Constructor expressions:

Instance operator

NEW

Value operator

VALUE

Conversion operator

CONV

Component operator CORRESPONDING

Casting operator

CAST

Reference operator

REF

Lossless operator

EXACT

Reduction operator

REDUCE

Filter operator

FILTER

Conditional operator

COND, SWITCH

Table expressions itab[ ... ] and their chainings

Latest notes:

Functions with numeric return values and arithmetic expressions are summarized as numeric expressions .

Functions with character-like return values and string expressions are summarized as character-like expressions.
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Functions with a byte-like return values and bit expressions are summarized as byte-like expressions .
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Numeric expression used for specification of a table index for an internal table.
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