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Modern ABAP Language Elements

As the ABAP language evolves, new features often go unnoticed by developers. This document highlights some of the additions that improve readability of the code and therefore should be in the tool set of any professional ABAPer.

The new ABAP statements are only outlined in short; refer to the ABAP online documentation for more details.

Functional statements
Inline declaration
Compound Assignments
Non-Initial Conditions
Enumerations
Internal Tables
Conditions
Conversions
Constructors
Character Handling
Flow control
Interface implementation
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