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ABAP Elementary Data Types

C: Character Text

N: Numeric Text

I: Integer

D: Date

P: Packed #

T: Time

F: Floating Point #

X: Hexadecimal #

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Declaring Variables

DATA: PLAYER(35) TYPE C, NICKNAME(35), POINTS TYPE I, GAMES TYPE I AVERAGE(5) TYPE P, STARTER, ACQUIRED TYPE D.

VALUE 10,

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Initial Values

C: (blank) I: zero P: zero F: zeroes

N: zeroes D: 00000000 T: 000000 X: 00

The CLEAR statement sets a field back to its initial value, not its default value.
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Assigning Default Values

DATA: PLAYER(35) TYPE C, NICKNAME(35) VALUE Dr. J, POINTS TYPE I VALUE 255, GAMES TYPE I VALUE 10, AVERAGE(5) TYPE P VALUE 25.5, STARTER VALUE Yes, ACQUIRED TYPE D VALUE 19760610.

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Declaring Like Fields

DATA: PLAYER(35) TYPE C VALUE Julius Erving, NICKNAME(35), ACQUIRED TYPE D. Use the LIKE addition to declare fields with the same format (i.e., data type and length) DATA: PLAYER(35) TYPE C VALUE Julius Erving, NICKNAME LIKE PLAYER, ACQUIRED LIKE SY-DATUM.
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Declaring Constants

The VALUE addition is required.

CONSTANTS: TEAM1(20) TYPE C VALUE 76ers, TEAM2 LIKE TEAM1 VALUE Celtics, TOT_GAMES TYPE I VALUE 82.

If you attempt to change the value of a constant, a syntax error will occur.
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User-Defined Data Types

TYPES: NAME(35) TYPE C, TEAMS(20) TYPE C. DATA: PLAYER TYPE NAME VALUE Troy Aikman, NICKNAME LIKE PLAYER. CONSTANTS: TEAM1 TYPE TEAMS VALUE Cowboys, TEAM2 LIKE TEAM1 VALUE Packers.

A user-defined data type created with the TYPES statement is used to specify a fields data type in the TYPE addition of the DATA or CONSTANTS statements.

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Output Characteristic for Data Types

Standard Length C = defined length I = 12 P = (2 * defined length) + 1 F = 22 N = defined length D = 10 T =8 X = (2 * defined length) Justification C = left-justified I = right-justified P = right-justified F = right-justified N = left-justified D = left-justified

T = left-justified
X = left-justified

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