{"id":7129,"date":"2025-07-30T01:02:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T19:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/?question=use-of-me-keyword"},"modified":"2025-07-31T10:39:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T05:09:22","slug":"use-of-me-keyword","status":"publish","type":"question","link":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/?question=use-of-me-keyword","title":{"rendered":"Use of Me Keyword in SAP ABAP"},"content":{"rendered":"

When we create a variable in the public section of a class, we can use it within the methods of that class. Let’s say we assign it an initial value. Later, if we create another variable with the same name inside a method and assign it a new value, this new (local) value will be used within that method.<\/p>\n

To access the original value from the class, we need to use the ME operator<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Example:<\/p>\n

We first create a public variable v_txt with an initial value ‘Class Variable’. Then, inside a method, we declare another variable (local to the method) with the same name v_txt, but assign it a different value: ‘Method Variable’.<\/p>\n

If we use v_txt directly in the method, it will reference the local variable, and we will get ‘Method Variable’.<\/p>\n

If we use me->v_txt, we explicitly refer to the class attribute, and we get ‘Class Variable’.<\/p>\n

Similarly, private and protected methods cannot be accessed directly from outside the class. However, we can call them from within another public method using the ME operator.<\/p>\n

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REPORT\u00a0<\/span>zrep_lclclass.<\/span>

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CLASS\u00a0<\/span>lcl_operator\u00a0\u00a0DEFINITION<\/span>.<\/span>

\u00a0\u00a0PUBLIC\u00a0<\/span>SECTION<\/span>.<\/span>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0DATA\u00a0<\/span>:\u00a0<\/span>v_txt\u00a0TYPE\u00a0<\/span>string\u00a0VALUE\u00a0<\/span>'Class\u00a0Variable'.<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0METHODS<\/span>:\u00a0<\/span>m_operator.<\/span>
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\u00a0\u00a0PROTECTED\u00a0<\/span>SECTION<\/span>.<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0METHODS<\/span>:\u00a0<\/span>m_protectedmethod.<\/span>
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\u00a0\u00a0PRIVATE\u00a0<\/span>SECTION<\/span>.<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0METHODS<\/span>:\u00a0<\/span>m_privatemethod.<\/span>
ENDCLASS<\/span>.<\/span>

\"\u00a0local\u00a0class\u00a0implementation<\/span>
CLASS\u00a0<\/span>lcl_operator\u00a0IMPLEMENTATION<\/span>.<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0METHOD\u00a0<\/span>m_protectedmethod.<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0WRITE\u00a0<\/span>:<\/span>\/\u00a0'Hi\u00a0from\u00a0<\/span>protected\u00a0<\/span>method'.<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0ENDMETHOD<\/span>.<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0METHOD\u00a0<\/span>m_privatemethod.<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0WRITE\u00a0<\/span>:<\/span>\/\u00a0'Hi\u00a0from\u00a0<\/span>private\u00a0<\/span>method'.<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0ENDMETHOD<\/span>.<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0METHOD\u00a0<\/span>m_operator.<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0DATA\u00a0<\/span>v_txt\u00a0TYPE\u00a0<\/span>string\u00a0VALUE\u00a0<\/span>'Method\u00a0Variable'.<\/span>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0WRITE<\/span>:\u00a0<\/span>\/\u00a0v_txt,<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/\u00a0me-><\/span>v_txt.<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0me-><\/span>m_protectedmethod(\u00a0<\/span>)<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\"\u00a0protected\u00a0method<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0me-><\/span>m_privatemethod(\u00a0<\/span>)<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\"\u00a0private\u00a0method<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0ENDMETHOD<\/span>.<\/span>
ENDCLASS<\/span>.<\/span>


START-OF-SELECTION<\/span>.<\/span>

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\u00a0\u00a0DATA<\/span>(<\/span>lo_class)\u00a0<\/span>=\u00a0<\/span>NEW\u00a0<\/span>lcl_operator(\u00a0<\/span>)<\/span>.<\/span>
\u00a0\u00a0lo_class-><\/span>m_operator(\u00a0<\/span>)<\/span>.

OUTPUT : <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n
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