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The ABAP - Keyword Documentation describes the syntax and meaning of the keywords of the ABAP language and its object-oriented part ABAP Objects.

Prerequisites

To enable the language help, the corresponding ICF service needs to be activated. For more information, see the chapter "3.1 ABAP Language Help, ABAP Problem Help, ABAP Element Info" in the corresponding Configuration Guide for Configuring the ABAP Back-end for ABAP.

Context

While editing ABAP source code, you will generally need to fall back on the ABAP language help. Here, you can to find more information about the syntax and meaning an ABAP keyword. For this, ABAP Development Tools provides a context-sensitive link from within the ABAP source editor. The help content is displayed in a separate help view.

The content comes from the back-end system, so it is correct for the release of the ABAP project in which you are working.

Procedure

  1. To access the ABAP language help, position the cursor on an ABAP statement for which you need help and choose F1.
    Context-sensitive ABAP language help in the source code editor
    Figure 1: Context-sensitive ABAP language help in the source code editor
    Tip The ABAP Samples form an important part of the ABAP language help. You will find an extensive collection of executable ABAP code samples, sorted according to theme.
  2. To access the ABAP samples, use the Welcome page: Start of the navigation path Help Next navigation step Welcome Next navigation step Samples Next navigation step ABAP Samples Gallery End of the navigation path.