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SAPUI5 Custom Data Type: IBAN

SAP’s web technology SAPUI5 allows the definition of custom data types. They can be used to format and validate input fields. This example defines an IBAN data type which validates an IBAN checksum using JavaScript code. The second section of this post explains how an IBAN checksum is computed. Continue reading SAPUI5 Custom Data Type: IBAN

ABAP Objects Quick Reference

This is the second (and final) part of a quick reference for the programming language ABAP. Extending the first part, this one is primarily focusing on ABAP’s object oriented programming features, like classes, OOP-exceptions, and inheritance.

The first part can be found here: ABAP Quick Reference

Encapsulation using function groups
FUNCTION-POOL s_person.

* age is a global variable in the function-pool
DATA: age TYPE i.

FUNCTION inc_age.
  ADD 1 to age.
ENDFUNCTION.

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ABAP Quick Reference

This is the first of two posts, providing a quick reference for ABAP developers. It primarily consists of code examples and doesn’t include major object oriented programming features, introduced in newer language versions.

The second part of this series, targeting OOP related topics, can be found here: ABAP Objects Quick Reference

ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming) is a high-level programming language created by the German software company SAP SE. It is currently positioned, alongside Java, as the language for programming the SAP Application Server, which is part of the NetWeaver platform for building business applications.
Wikipedia ABAP article

Basic program structure
PARAMETERS pa_num TYPE i.

* declare a variable
DATA gv_output TYPE i.

* assign value from pa_num to gv_output
MOVE pa_num TO gv_output.

WRITE: 'Input value', gv_output.

NEW-LINE. " this is an inline comment

WRITE 'Done'.

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