COND & SWITCH operator

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ABAP HANA 7.51: COND & SWITCH operator

COND – This is a Conditional Operator just like SWITCH with some differences. When must be specified at least once in this operator. COND Operator can be clubbed with LET Operator. This operator has two variants just like VALUE Operator:

1. Non-generic data type which can be for example declared before its use
2. # character as an operand, however, in this case, operand type should be fully identifiable

SWITCH – This is a Conditional Operator just like COND with some differences. When must be specified at least once in this operator. SWITCH Operator can be clubbed with LET Operator. This operator has two variants just like VALUE Operator:

1. Non-generic data type which can be for example declared before its use
2. # character as an operand, however, in this case, operand type should be fully identifiable

In SWITCH operator condition variable has to be mentioned only once whereas, in COND Operator, this appears multiple times.

Sample Source Code: COND Operator

Output: COND Operator

Sample Source Code: SWITCH Operator

Output: SWITCH Operator

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