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Names for Individual Operands
An individual operand, meaning an operand that is not an expression, can be elementary or made up of components. Composite operands are:
- Structured data types or data objects (structure)
- Instances of classes (objects)
- Classes
- Interfaces
Accordingly, names for operands are either elementary names or names constructed from multiple names separated by component selectors. An elementary name is used for addressing:
- elementary operands
- components that are unique in the current context
- superunits made up of components
Naming conventions apply to the elementary names. Composite names with component selectors are used for addressing individual components. A component can itself be a superunit of further components. Subcomponents can be addressed by chaining multiple names.
Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54
Note
As well as the component selectors specified here,
ABAP SQL has a
column selector (~).