How To Fix OO680 - The line &1 exceeds 255 characters. Source code cannot be saved

OO680 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: OO - Class Builder/API

• Message number: 680

• Message text: The line &1 exceeds 255 characters. Source code cannot be saved

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message OO680 - The line &1 exceeds 255 characters. Source code cannot be saved ?

  The SAP error message OO680 indicates that a line of code in your ABAP program exceeds the maximum allowed length of 255 characters. This is a common issue when writing long lines of code, especially when concatenating strings or defining long statements.
  
  Cause:
  The primary cause of this error is that the ABAP programming language has a limitation on the length of a single line of code. When you try to save a line that exceeds this limit, SAP throws the OO680 error.
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Break Long Lines: If you have a long line of code, consider breaking it into multiple lines. You can do this by using the concatenation operator (&&) for strings or by splitting complex statements into simpler parts.
  Example:
  DATA(lv_long_string) = 'This is a very long string that exceeds the limit of 255 characters. '