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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

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<=, =<, 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

CASE
SY-UCOMM.

en
h
W
E.
V
SA

n
Whe .
TA
SR

When
SRTD.

Dont forget
those periods!

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Wh
en
PIC
K.

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When
GET
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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

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DO.
WRITE :/ Hello world!.

J =4.
DO J TIMES.
WRITE :/ Hello world!.

ENDDO.

ENDDO.

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The WHILE Loop

If expression evaluates
to TRUE, code in loop is
executed.

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If expression evaluates to
FALSE, code in loop is NOT
executed, and control moves
to after ENDWHILE.

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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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