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ABAP language element

ABAP keyword or combination of an ABAP keyword and one or more succeeding ABAP words or operands. An ABAP language element uniquely describes the semantics of an ABAP statement. Examples of different ABAP language elements are GET BIT, GET TIME, DELETE itab, or DELETE dbtab. ABAP language elements can be enhanced using ABAP language element additions.