SAP ABAP 7.

4 Inline Declarations

Comparing OLD SAP Code and New SAP Code Declarations

Gopal Karmakar
Declaration of a variable

 Before 7.40  With 7.40

 DATA text TYPE string.  DATA(text) = `…`.
text = `…`.

 For example :
For Example :
 Data l_index TYPE sy-tabix.
Data(l_index) = sy-tabix.
 l_index = sy-tabix.
Declaration of table work areas

Before 7.40 with 7.40

 DATA : l_st_t024w TYPE t024w.  LOOP AT l_it_t024w INTO DATA(l_st_t024)
  ….
LOOP AT l_it_t024w INTO l_st_t024w ...
… ENDLOOP.
 …
ENDLOOP.
Declaration of a result & actual parameters

Before 7.40 With 7.40

 DATA xml TYPE xstring.  ALL TRANSFORMATION … RESULT XML
DATA(xml).
CALL TRANSFORMATION … RESULT
XML xml.

 oref->meth( IMPORTING p1 = DATA(a1)

 DATA a1 TYPE …
 IMPORTING p2 = DATA(a2)
 DATA a2 TYPE …
 … ).
 oref->meth( IMPORTING p1 = a1
 IMPORTING p2 = a2
 … ).
 Declaration of reference variables for
factory methods
Before 7.40 With 7.40
 DATA: ixml TYPE REF TO if_ixml.  DATA(ixml) = cl_ixml=>create( ).
DATA: stream_factory TYPE REF TO

if_ixml_stream_factory. DATA(stream_factory) = ixml->
DATA: document TYPE REF TO create_stream_factory( ).
if_ixml_document.

 DATA(document) = ixml->create_document( ).
 ixml = cl_ixml=>create( ).
stream_factory = ixml->create_stream_factory( ).
document = ixml->create_document( ).
 Declaration of a READ TABLE Statement

Before 7.4 With 7.4

 DATA(flight_schedule) = flight_schedules
READ TABLE flight_schedules INTO [carrid = 'AA' connid = '0017' ].
DATA(flight_schedule) WITH KEY
carrid = 'AA' connid
= '0017'.

lo_mara = zcl_mara_factory( ls_mara-matnr ).

Declaration of “NEW” Constructor
Operator
Before 7.4 With 7.4
 DATA lo_human TYPE REF TO  lo_human = NEW class_human(
class_human. name = ‘TONY’ ).
 CREATE OBJECT lo_human
EXPORTING NAME = 'TONY'.

 DATA: lv_rows TYPE i.

 lv_rows = NEW i( 0 ).
 lv_rows = 0.
Declaration of “VALUE” Constructor
Operator
Before 7.4
 TYPES: t_itab TYPE STANDARD
TABLE OF i WITH DEFAULT KEY.
With 7.4
 TYPES: t_itab TYPE STANDARD
TABLE OF i WITH DEFAULT KEY.

 DATA itab_o TYPE t_itab.

 APPEND: 10 TO itab_o,
 20 TO itab_o,  DATA(itab) = VALUE t_itab( ( 10 ) ( 20 )
 30 TO itab_o. ( 30 ) ).
Declaration of FOR LOOP

Before 7.4 With 7.4

 DATA: gt_citys TYPE ty_citys,
 gs_ship TYPE ty_ship,
 gs_city TYPE ort01.
 DATA(gt_citys) = VALUE ty_citys( FOR
ls_ship IN gt_ships
WHERE ( route = 'R0001' ) ( ls_ship-city ) ).

 LOOP AT gt_ships INTO gs_ship

WHERE route = 'R0001'.
 gs_city = gs_ship-city.
 APPEND gs_city TO gt_citys.
 ENDLOOP.
Declaration of Range table
Before 7.4 With 7.4
 BEGIN OF ty_ekorg, TYPES: tt_t024w_range TYPE RANGE OF char10.
sign TYPE char1,
optn TYPE char2,
low TYPE ekorg, "( sign = 'I' option = 'BT' low = ‘3500' high = ‘….' )
high TYPE ekorg,
END OF ty_ekorg,
DATA(t_t024w_range) = VALUE tt_t024w_range
DATA: l_rt_ekorg TYPE STANDARD
( FOR ls_t024w IN l_it_t024w
TABLE OF ty_ekorg. LET s = ‘I’
 LOOP AT l_it_t024w INTO l_st_t024w. o = ‘EQ’
l_st_ekorg-sign = ’I’.
l_st_ekorg-optn = ’EQ’. IN sing = s
l_st_ekorg-low = l_st_t024w-ekorg. option = o
APPEND l_st_ekorg TO l_rt_ekorg.
( low = ls_t024w-ekorg ) ).
CLEAR : l_st_ekorg.
ENDLOOP.
 Declaration of SELECT STATEMENT
Before 7.4 With 7.4
 TYPES: BEGIN OF ty_mara,
 SELECT matnr
 matnr TYPE matnr,

 ersda TYPE ersda,

 ersda
 ernam TYPE ernam,  ernam
 laeda TYPE laeda,
 laeda
 aenam TYPE aenam,

 END OF ty_mara.  aenam

 DATA: lt_mara TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF ty_mara.  FROM mara
 SELECT matnr
 INTO TABLE @DATA(lt_mara) UP TO 10
 ersda
ROWS.
 ernam

 laeda

 aenam

 FROM mara

 INTO TABLE lt_mara UP TO 10 ROWS.

Append value of 1 field into another table using FOR
 TYPES:  * FOR to get the column CITY
 BEGIN OF ty_customer,
 customer TYPE char10,  DATA(t_city) =
 name TYPE char30,  VALUE tt_citys(
 city TYPE char30,  FOR ls_cust IN t_customres
 route TYPE char10,  ( ls_cust-city )
 END OF ty_customer.  ).

 TYPES: tt_customers TYPE SORTED TABLE OF ty_customer

 WITH UNIQUE KEY customer.

 TYPES: tt_citys TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF char30 WITH EMPTY

KEY.
 DATA(t_customres) =
 VALUE tt_customers(
 ( customer = 'C0001' name = 'Test Customer 1' city = 'NY'
route = 'R0001' )
 ( customer = 'C0002' name = 'Customer 2' city = 'LA'
route = 'R0003' )
 ( customer = 'C0003' name = 'Good Customer 3' city =
'DFW' route = 'R0001' )
 ( customer = 'C0004' name = 'Best Customer 4' city = 'CH'
route = 'R0003' )
 ).
 Nested FOR with 2 tables
 TYPES:  DATA(t_rc) =

 BEGIN OF ty_route_config,  VALUE tt_route_config(

 route TYPE char10,  ( route = 'R0001' c_type = 'RTYPE' c_value = 'DSD' )

 c_type TYPE char10,  ( route = 'R0001' c_type = 'MAX' c_value = '10' )

 c_value TYPE char40,  ( route = 'R0002' c_type = 'RTYPE' c_value = 'WH' )

 END OF ty_route_config.  ( route = 'R0002' c_type = 'MAX' c_value = '100' )

 TYPES: tt_route_config TYPE SORTED TABLE OF ty_route_config  ( route = 'R0003' c_type = 'RTYPE' c_value = 'WH' )

 WITH UNIQUE KEY route c_type.  ( route = 'R0004' c_type = 'RTYPE' c_value = 'DSD' )

 TYPES:  ).

 BEGIN OF ty_routes,

 route TYPE char10, * Nested FOR - 2 levels

 name TYPE char40, TYPES: tt_names TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF char40 WITH DEFAULT KEY.

 END OF ty_routes. DATA(t_route_names) =

 TYPES: tt_routes TYPE SORTED TABLE OF ty_routes VALUE tt_names(

 WITH UNIQUE KEY route. FOR ls_cust_1 IN t_customres

DATA(t_routes) = FOR ls_route IN t_routes WHERE ( route = ls_cust_1-route )

VALUE tt_routes( ( ls_route-name )

( route = 'R0001' name = 'Route 1' ) ).

( route = 'R0002' name = 'Route 2' )

( route = 'R0003' name = 'Route 3' )

).
 Nested LOOP with multiple tables
* Nested FOR - 3 levels DATA(t_routes_max) =
TYPES: VALUE tt_routes_max(
BEGIN OF ty_routes_max, FOR ls_cust_2 IN t_customres
route TYPE char10, FOR ls_route_2 IN t_routes WHERE ( route =
ls_cust_2-route )
name TYPE char40,
FOR ls_rc_2 IN t_rc WHERE ( route =
c_value TYPE char40,
ls_route_2-route AND c_type = 'MAX' )
END OF ty_routes_max.
( route = ls_route_2-route
name = ls_route_2-name
TYPES: tt_routes_max TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF
c_value = ls_rc_2-c_value )
ty_routes_max WITH DEFAULT KEY.
).
 LET with specific (and default) value with FOR
Here you can see the FOR is used with LET. The LV_NAME is read using the tabular expression or [ ]
from the table. The LV_ROUE is also read using the tabular expression but for only first row [1].

TYPES: DATA(t_routes_cust) =
BEGIN OF ty_routes_cust, VALUE tt_routes_cust(
route TYPE char10, FOR ls_cust_l IN t_customres
name TYPE char40,
INDEX INTO cust_index
customer TYPE char10,
"where ( customer = 'C0001' )
END OF ty_routes_cust.
LET lv_name = t_routes[ route = t_customres
TYPES: tt_routes_cust TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF [ cust_index ]-route ]-name
ty_routes_cust WITH DEFAULT KEY.
lv_route = t_routes[ 1 ]-route

*data(t_routes_cust) = IN name = lv_name

* value tt_routes_cust( route = lv_route
* for ls_cust_l in t_customres ( customer = ls_cust_l-customer )
* "where ( customer = 'C0001' ) ).
* let LV_NAME = 'teSTING name'
* LV_ROUTE = 'TESTING ROUTE'
* IN NAME = LV_NAME
* ROUTE = LV_ROUTE
* ( CUSTOMER = ls_cust_L-CUSTOMER )
* ).