Note: SAP's Complete Software Is Written in ABAP in 1989
Note: SAP's Complete Software Is Written in ABAP in 1989
ABAP is 4th Generation Programming Language it is stands for Advance Business Application Programming.
Advance Business Application Programming language. Developed by SAP AG Corporation to develop the solution for business. ABAP language is developed in 1980 and year 1989 all sap software was written in ABAP. ABAP is 4th Generation Programming Language.
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Its a high level programming language created by SAP and has a syntax similar to Cobol and is based on Fourth Generation language. The ABAP Programming language was originally invented by SAP for developers to develop SAP R/3 and is primarily used to develop custom functionality on SAP like Creating Reports, Smart forms etc.
Features of ABAP: It is 4th generation programming language. It is always start with a keyword and end with dot (.) sign. It is platform independent language. It is not a case sensitive, so lower case and upper case both are same.. If any case do not start with Keyword then automatically add COMPUTE key.
ABAP Syntax: Example here both example are same. WRITE WELCOME TO SAP ABAP . Write WELCOME TO SAP ABAP.
WRITE WELCOME TO SAP. HERE START WITH KEYWORD. A = 3. HERE DEFAULT COMPUTE WORD IS ADDED AND TREATED AS COMPUTE A = 3 .