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LEAVE

Short Reference

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Obsolete Syntax

LEAVE.

Effect

The statement LEAVE without additions is context-specific:

During list processing (when the list processor is active), LEAVE functions like LEAVE LIST-PROCESSING. The list processor is either called using LEAVE TO LIST-PROCESSING or called implicitly when executable programs are processed.
In all other situations, LEAVE is executed only when the system field sy-calld is not initial; if this field is initial, it is ignored.

LEAVE exits a program called using CALL TRANSACTION or SUBMIT ... AND RETURN, and returns to the point after the call point.

LEAVE does not exit a program if it was started using LEAVE TO TRANSACTION or a transaction code from a screen, or if the program is processed in batch input.

If a program was called using SUBMIT without the AND RETURN additions, LEAVE functions the same way as in the calling program.

Note

The behavior of the statement LEAVE without additions is particularly unpredictable (statically) when specified in callable units. Therefore, LEAVE should only be used with additions that uniquely control the behavior: