Abap sintax doubt *

[former_member654002]

Hi

I am analysing some code of a program

In some point i got the following code

IF sy-subrc IS INITIAL.
%vtweg% = ls_cli-vtweg.
EXIT.
ENDIF.

My question is: what means the % ?

It is a wildcard? Or it means something else?

Thank you and best regards

João Lages Fernandes

[former_member224078]

Hi

Please let us know how %vtweg% was declared.

Mostly %vtweg% is just a variable that was declared and nothing related to wildcard in this

particular scenario.

In general % is a wild character in sap. If we want to get all the materials which ends with 11 from MARA table we use the below statement.

SELECT * FROM MARA INTO TABLE IT_MARA WHERE matnr LIKE '%11'.

[horst_keller]

The ABAP naming convention "alpha numeric plus _, must start with a character", is not checked in full by the syntax check. Of course, it should not be broken more than absolutely necessary.

The program DEMO_CHARACTERS_IN_ABAP_NAMES demonstrates which characters can be used where.

[former_member228164]

% is not WILD CARD in this scenario..it is just a naming convention.... and wild card means to select specific records like HOT KEY Concept in SE11....