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Inline Declarations with examples

The document discusses the introduction of ABAP inline declarations in SAP NetWeaver 7.4, which simplifies programming by reducing unnecessary data declarations. It highlights how inline declarations allow for local variable creation and initialization in a single step, using examples of data types and object creation. Additionally, it explains the changes in syntax for variable declarations and SQL statements in ABAP 7.4 compared to previous versions.

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Inline Declarations with examples

The document discusses the introduction of ABAP inline declarations in SAP NetWeaver 7.4, which simplifies programming by reducing unnecessary data declarations. It highlights how inline declarations allow for local variable creation and initialization in a single step, using examples of data types and object creation. Additionally, it explains the changes in syntax for variable declarations and SQL statements in ABAP 7.4 compared to previous versions.

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One of the most useful concepts introduced in SAP NetWeaver 7.

4 is ABAP inline
declarations, this will help an ABAP Developer to simplify programming help to reduce
unnecessary data declarations in a program.

Inline declarations are most useful in reducing onetime and local data declarations in a
ABAP Object, for example If you want to store some value inside in a Function
Module/Perform and you don`t need to access them globally, you can declare a inline
variable and use it locally.

Inline declaration with ‘VALUE’ and ‘NEW’:

Now there is no need to declare a variable, work area or an internal table and then
assign value to it. With new ABAP we can do the above two steps process in a single
step.

DATA(gv) = ‘Dummy Value’.


DATA(gs_struc1) = VALUE ekko( ). ” Work area
DATA(gt_itab1) = VALUE ekko_tty( ). ” Internal table , ekko_tty is table type

DATA(gv_1) = VALUE char2( ).


DATA(gv_2) = VALUE int4( ). “Inbuilt data type

DATA : gt_range TYPE RANGE OF i,


gt_range1 TYPE RANGE OF i.

Creating range table


gt_range = VALUE #( sign = ‘I’ option = ‘EQ’ ( low = ’10’ )
( low = ’11’ )
( low = ’12’ )
( low = ’13’ ) ).
To define the range with low and high value

gt_range1 = VALUE #( sign = ‘I’ option = ‘EQ’ ( low = 10 high = 20 ) ).

Creating class object with ‘NEW’ operator

OLD
DATA :go_obj TYPE REF TO CL_BSP_DLC_FA_VIEW.
CREATE OBJECT go_obj EXPORTING iv_component = ‘dummy value’
iv_viewname = ‘Value2’.

If there is no constructor value


CREATE OBJECT go_obj.

New
DATA(go_obj_new) = NEW CL_BSP_DLC_FA_VIEW( iv_component = ‘dummy value’ iv_vi
ewname = ‘Value2’ ).
OR

DATA :go_obj_new1 TYPE REF TO CL_BSP_DLC_FA_VIEW.


go_obj_new1 = NEW #( iv_component = ‘dummy value’ iv_viewname = ‘Value2’ ). ” Use ‘#’
when type is already defined

* If there is no constructor value


DATA(go_obj_new) = NEW class_name( ).

Below is the more example of declaring a plain variable to store some string.

Using ABAP before ABAP 7.4


DATA: LV_TEXT TYPE STRING.
LV_TEXT = 'This is declaration before 7.4'.

Below is the example After ABAP 7.4, you need to use DATA keyword with open and close
brackets '(' to declare variable.

DATA(LV_TEXT) = 'This is Declaration for 7.4'.


Using Workarea inline in ABAP 7.4

Before ABAP 7.4

DATA: WA_MARA TYPE MARA.

SELECT SINGLE *
FROM MARA
INTO WA_MARA WHERE MATNR = '0001'.

WRITE:/ wa_mara-matnr, wa_mara-mtart.

After ABAP 7.4, you need to use @ symbol for using variables in ABAP 7.4 Open SQL
statements

SELECT SINGLE * FROM MARA


INTO @DATA(wa_MARA) WHERE MATNR = '0001'.

WRITE:/ wa_mara-matnr, wa_mara-mtart.

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