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What does % means on DATA %DATA_SELECTED(1)?

Former Member — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:07:26 GMT

Hi Gurus,

Could anybody please explain what is the meaning of below sentence?

DATA %DATA_SELECTED(1).....In this sentence the character % represents what?

Thanks ,

Rakesh.

Edited by: Alvaro Tejada Galindo on Feb 14, 2008 3:07 PM

Re: What does % means on DATA %DATA_SELECTED(1)?

Former Member — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:14:10 GMT

Hi.,

The % does not mean anything.

Basically SAP permits us to declare data variables starting with % sign.

That's all.

Cheers,

Aditya

Re: What does % means on DATA %DATA_SELECTED(1)?

Former Member — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:02:17 GMT

% character can be used in naming convention, so it is used by some programmers to name elements variable etc

% has no special meaning in ABAP. It's just that the variable is called "%data_selected", for example. This is a convention often used to denote system type variables.