Given the following Core Data Service View Entity Data Definition: 1 @AccessControl.authorizationCheck: #NOT_REQUIRED 2 DEFINE VIEW ENTITY demo_flight_info_join 3 AS SELECT 4 FROM scarr AS a 5 LEFT OUTER JOIN scounter AS c 6 LEFT OUTER JOIN sairport AS p 7 ON p.id = c.airport 8 ON a.carrid = c.carrid 9 { 10 a.carridAS carrier_id, 11 p.idAS airport_id, 12 c.countnumAS counter_number 13 } In what order will the join statements be executed?
Correct Answer: A
Explanation The order in which the join statements will be executed is: scarr will be joined with scounter first and the result will be joined with sairport. This is because the join statements are nested from left to right, meaning that the leftmost data source is joined with the next data source, and the result is joined with the next data source, and so on. The join condition for each pair of data sources is specified by the ON clause that follows the data source name. The join type for each pair of data sources is specified by the join operator that precedes the data source name. In this case, the join operator is LEFT OUTER JOIN, which means that all the rows from the left data source are included in the result, and only the matching rows from the right data source are included. If there is no matching row from the right data source, the corresponding fields are filled with initial values1. Therefore, the join statements will be executed as follows: First, scarr AS a will be joined with scounter AS c using the join condition a.carrid = c.carrid. This means that all the rows from scarr will be included in the result, and only the rows from scounter that have the same value for the carrid field will be included. If there is no matching row from scounter, the countnum field will be filled with an initial value. Second, the result of the first join will be joined with sairport AS p using the join condition p.id = c.airport. This means that all the rows from the first join will be included in the result, and only the rows from sairport that have the same value for the id field as the airport field from the first join will be included. If there is no matching row from sairport, the id field will be filled with an initial value. References: 1: Join - ABAP Keyword Documentation
Question 2
When processing a loop with the statement DO... ENDDO, what system variable contains the implicit loop counter?
Correct Answer: D
When processing a loop with the statement DO... ENDDO, the system variable that contains the implicit loop counter is sy-index. The loop counter is a numeric value that indicates how many times the loop has been executed. The loop counter is initialized to 1 before the first execution of the loop and is incremented by 1 after each execution. The loop counter can be used to control the number of loop iterations or to access the loop elements by index. The loop counter can also be accessed or modified within the loop body, but this is not recommended as it may cause unexpected results or errors1. For example, the following code snippet uses the loop counter sy-index to display the numbers from 1 to 10: DO 10 TIMES. WRITE: / sy-index. ENDDO. The output of this code is: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 References: 1: DO - ABAP Keyword Documentation
Question 3
Which patterns raise an exception? Note: There are 3 correct answers to this question.
Correct Answer: A,C,E
The patterns that raise an exception are those that use the constructor operator EXACT to perform a lossless assignment or calculation, but the result cannot be converted to the target data type without data loss. The following are the explanations for each pattern: A: This pattern raises the exception CX_SY_CONVERSION_LOST because the result of the calculation 2 * 3 is 6, which cannot be assigned to a packed number with two decimal places without losing the integer part. The operator -U is used to perform a lossless calculation with the calculation type decfloat34. B: This pattern does not raise an exception because the result of the substring expression gco_string+5(5) is '6789A', which can be assigned to a string without data loss. The operator EXACT # is used to perform a lossless assignment with the data type of the argument. C: This pattern raises the exception CX_SY_CONVERSION_LOST because the result of the substring expression gco_string+5(6) is '6789AB', which cannot be assigned to a character field with length 5 without losing the last character. The operator EXACT is used to perform a lossless assignment with the data type of the target field. D: This pattern does not raise an exception because the result of the calculation 2 / 2 is 1, which can be assigned to a packed number with three decimal places without data loss. The operator -U is used to perform a lossless calculation with the calculation type decfloat34. E: This pattern raises the exception CX_SY_CONVERSION_ERROR because the constant gco_date contains an invalid value '20331233' for a date data type, which cannot be converted to a valid date. The operator EXACT is used to perform a lossless assignment with the data type of the target field.
Question 4
with which predicate condition can you ensure that the CAST will work?
Correct Answer: C
The predicate condition that can be used to ensure that the CAST will work is IS INSTANCE OF. The IS INSTANCE OF predicate condition checks whether the operand is an instance of the specified class or interface. This is useful when you want to perform a downcast, which is a conversion from a more general type to a more specific type. A downcast can fail if the operand is not an instance of the target type, and this can cause a runtime error. Therefore, you can use the IS INSTANCE OF predicate condition to check whether the downcast is possible before using the CAST operator12. For example: * The following code snippet uses the IS INSTANCE OF predicate condition to check whether the variable g_super is an instance of the class lcl_super. If it is, the CAST will work and the variable g_sub1 will be assigned the value of g_super. DATA: g_super TYPE REF TO lcl_super, g_sub1 TYPE REF TO lcl_sub1. IF g_super IS INSTANCE OF lcl_super. g_sub1 = CAST #( g_super ). g_sub1->method( ... ). ENDIF. You cannot do any of the following: * IS SUPPLIED: The IS SUPPLIED predicate condition checks whether an optional parameter of a method or a function module has been supplied by the caller. This is useful when you want to handle different cases depending on whether the parameter has a value or not. However, this predicate condition has nothing to do with the CAST operator or the type of the operand12. * IS NOT INITIAL: The IS NOT INITIAL predicate condition checks whether the operand has a non-initial value. This is useful when you want to check whether the operand has been assigned a value * or not. However, this predicate condition does not guarantee that the CAST will work, because the operand may have a value but not be an instance of the target type12. * IS BOUND: The IS BOUND predicate condition checks whether the operand is a bound reference variable. This is useful when you want to check whether the operand points to an existing object or not. However, this predicate condition does not guarantee that the CAST will work, because the operand may point to an object but not be an instance of the target type12. References: 1: Predicate Expressions - ABAP Keyword Documentation - SAP Online Help 2: ABAP - Predicates | SAP Community
Question 5
What are valid statements? Note: There are 2 correct answers to this question.
Correct Answer: A,B
Explanation Both statements are valid in ABAP, but they have different effects on the program. ##NEEDED is a pragma that can be used to hide warnings from the ABAP compiler syntax check. It tells the check tools that a variable or a parameter is needed for further processing, even if it is not used in the current statement. For example, if you declare a variable without assigning any value to it, you can use ##NEEDED to suppress the warning about unused variables12. The pragma is not checked by the syntax checker means that you can use any pragma to hide any warning from the ABAP compiler syntax check, regardless of its effect on the program logic or performance. For example, if you use ##SHADOW to hide a warning about an obscured function, you can also use it to hide a warning about an invalid character in a string12. You cannot do any of the following: #EC_NEEDED is not checked by the syntax checker: This is not a valid statement in ABAP. There is no pseudo-comment with #EC_NEEDED in ABAP3. The pseudo-comment is checked by the syntax checker: This is false. Pseudo-comments are obsolete and should no longer be used in ABAP. They were replaced by pragmas since SAP NW 7.0 EhP2 (Enhancement Package)4. References: 1: Pragmas - ABAP Keyword Documentation - SAP Online Help 2: [What are pragmas and pseudo comments in ABAP? | SAP Blogs - SAP Community] 3: ABAP Keyword Documentation - SAP Online Help 4: What are PRAGMAS and Pseudo comments in SAP ABAP
