Expressions and Functions in ABAP Release 7.40, SP02

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1. Inline Declarations

2. Constructor Expressions

3. Table Expressions

4. New Built-In Function ipow

5. Writable Expressions

Modification 1

Inline Declarations

The new declaration operators DATA and FIELD-SYMBOL make inline declarations possible in declaration expressions in declaration positions.

Modification 2

Constructor Expressions

A new type of expression, constructor expressions, uses constructor operators in general expression positions to construct results of specified types.

NEW creates objects
VALUE creates values
REF gets references
EXACT performs a lossless assignment or calculation
CONV converts values
CAST performs an upcast or downcast
COND and SWITCH enable conditional expressions

Modification 3

Table Expressions

The new table expressions itab[ ... ] allow reads to be performed on internal tables in operand positions.

Modification 4

New Built-In Function ipow

The new integer power function ipow enables fields of any numeric type and with integer values to be raised to a power. The calculation type is determined by the base.

Modification 5

Writable Expressions

Some expressions are writable expressions that can be specified in result positions.