Control Statements

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To control the flow of the ABAP program use the following statements.

IF – Branching Conditionally
IF statement – The code between IF and ENDIF is executed only if the condition is true.

DATA: a TYPE i VALUE 10. " We can assign a value in the declaration

IF a > 5.
WRITE:/ 'Condition True'.
ENDIF.

Output

IF-ELSE statement – The code between IF and ELSE is

executed if the condition is true, the code between ELSE and
ENDIF is executed if the condition is False.

DATA: a TYPE i VALUE 1.

IF a > 5.
WRITE:/ 'Condition True'.
ELSE.
WRITE:/ 'Condition False'.
ENDIF.

Output

IF-ELSEIF statement – Used to check multiple conditions.

DATA: a TYPE i VALUE 2.

IF a > 5.
WRITE:/ a, 'Greater Than', 5.
ELSEIF a > 4.
WRITE:/ a, 'Greater Than', 4.
ELSEIF a > 3.
WRITE:/ a, 'Greater Than', 3.
ELSE.
WRITE:/ a, 'Less Than', 3.
ENDIF.

Output

CASE-ENDCASE – Branching based on the

content of the variable.

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DATA: a TYPE i VALUE 4.

CASE a.
WHEN 3.
WRITE:/ a, 'Equals', 3.
WHEN 4.
WRITE:/ a, 'Equals', 4.
WHEN OTHERS.
WRITE:/ 'Not Found'.
ENDCASE.

Output

When no condition is met, OTHERS will be executed.

OTHERS is not mandatory.

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