Cannot Process a Literal over Several Lines

In ABAP Objects, a literal can no longer stretch over several program lines

In ABAP Objects, the following statement causes an error message:

WRITE 'Start...
                   ...end'.

Correct syntax:

WRITE 'Start...           ' &
      '             ...end'.

Cause:

The number of spaces inserted depends on the length of the line in the Editor. The line length of the Editor is not of fixed length, since it may increase in a future release. Literals that are longer than one line in the Editor can be made up from several literals put together, if you use the ampersand (&) character.

Overview:

Replacement for Obsolete Statements ABAP Objects