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Operators

ABAP contains the following operators:

• Assignment Operators
  The assignment operators = and ?= associate the source and target field of an assignment. The operator = also associates actual parameters with formal parameters, for example in procedure calls or when working with data clusters.

• Arithmetic Operators
  The arithmetic operators +, -, *, /, DIV, MOD, and ** associate two or more numeric operands with an arithmetic expression. In addition, the characters + and - act as plus/minus signs in arithmetic expressions.

• Bit Operators
  The bit operators BIT-AND, BIT-OR, and BIT-XOR associate two or more byte-like operands with a bit expression. The bit operator BIT-NOT negates a byte-like operand.

• String Operators
  The string operator && chains two character-like operands to a string expression.

• Relational Operators
  The relational operators =, <>, <, >, <=, >=, and so on associate two operands of any data type with a logical expression. There are additional relational operators for specific data types.

• Boolean Operators
  The Boolean operators AND, OR, and EQUIV associate the results of individual logical expressions with a logical expression. The result of a logical expression is either true or false. The Boolean operator NOT inverts the result of a logical expression.

• Literal Operator
  The literal operator & associates two literals or two string templates with a literal or a string template.

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