Arithmetic Operators

ABAP supports the four basic arithmetic operations and power caluclations. You can use the following arithmetic operators in mathematical expressions:

Operator	Meaning
+	Addition
‑{}‑-	Subtraction
‑{}‑*	Multiplication
‑{}‑/	Division
DIV	Integer division
MOD	Remainder of integer division
‑{}‑**	Powers

Instead of using operators in mathematical expressions, you can perform basic arithmetic operations with the keywords ADD, SUBTRACT, MULTIPLY, and DIVIDE.

The following table shows the different ways of expressing basic arithmetic operations in ABAP:

Operation	Statement using mathematical expression	Statement using Keyword
Addition	p = n + m.	ADD n TO m.
Subtraction	P = m – n.	SUBTRACT n FROM m.
Multiplication	P = m * n.	MULTIPLY m BY n.
Division	P = m / n.	DIVIDE m BY n.
Integer division	P = m DIV n.	---
Remainder of division	P = m MOD n.	---
Powers	P = m ** n.	---