topic Re: Variable naming conventions in Application Development and Automation Discussions

Variable naming conventions

Former Member — Tue, 15 May 2007 18:34:23 GMT

Hi all,

I come from a mostly JAVA background. Big emphasis in that arena on encapsulation and modularization of code to help facilitate ease of maintenance and reuse...in theory I sometimes struggle with variable naming conventions within my ABAP code because I'm not all together certain there are any. In C or C++ I might use a derivation of Hungarian notation to name varaibles...and in JAVA I might observe certain object oriented rules regarding varaible naming...I find myself using a combination of those two protocols in my ABAP code. Does anyone have any suggestions for how I might name global and lcoal variables within my code?

regards,

Mat

Re: Variable naming conventions

amit_khare — Tue, 15 May 2007 18:38:38 GMT

Hi,

For every project there is specific client driven SAP naming convention which needs to be followed for ABAP code.

e.g. say -

for types - TYPE_<NAME>

for internal table T_<NAME>

for global variable GV_<NAME>, etc.

So just follow the convention given by the client.

Still you can check these threads -

Regards,

Amit

Re: Variable naming conventions

Former Member — Tue, 15 May 2007 18:48:36 GMT

Hi,

Please check this links perhaps they may help.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/92/c2b084bc1d11d2958700a0c94260a5/content.htm

https://websmp101.sap-ag.de/~sapdownload/011000358700004455192006E/NameConventions.pdf

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/2a/6b0b1f547a11d189600000e829fbbd/content.htm

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/011ccf90-0201-0010-92a7-b319adf89b73

http://web.mit.edu/sapr3/dev/newdevstand.html

Regards,

Ferry Lianto

Re: Variable naming conventions

Former Member — Tue, 15 May 2007 19:34:14 GMT

Hello,

It is usually done by the project standards. Usually it is defined during the beggining. Ask for that document.

Usually is like this:

TI_X for internal tables.

G_X for globlas

T_X for Types

WA_X for work areas

C_X for constants.

P_X parameters, sometimes PI_X for input and PO_X for output.

FS_x for field symbols

etc,

Hope this helps dont forget to reward

Gabriel P.