what is % in a Abap code?

[Former Member]

i have a report which uses % everywhere.

No idea what that means?

part of the code is like this..

DATA %data_selected(1).

DATA %glframe(1) VALUE 'X' .

DATA %uflag(1).

DATA %ustflag(1).

SELECTION-SCREEN: BEGIN OF LINE.

PARAMETERS: %alv RADIOBUTTON GROUP func USER-COMMAND outbut

DEFAULT 'X' .

SELECTION-SCREEN: COMMENT 4(26) text-f72 FOR FIELD %alv.

PARAMETERS: %alvl TYPE slis_vari.

SELECTION-SCREEN: PUSHBUTTON 72(4) pb%exco USER-COMMAND expcol.

SELECTION-SCREEN: END OF LINE.

[matt]

% 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.

matt

[Former Member]

Hi,

This kind of reports are generated by the System itself.

Thats y it contains % everywhere. I think this report is related with Select Query(SQ01).

Regards,

Ramya.

[Former Member]

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

not much to get confused