ABAP Keyword Documentation → ABAP Glossary
wildcard character
Character that used as a substitute for other content. In
relational expressions
with the operators CP and NP,
"*" usually stands for any
string and
"" for any individual character. In WHERE conditions in
Open SQL with the
operator LIKE,
"%" stands for any string and "" for individual characters. The special functions of wildcard characters can be canceled using
escape characters