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Type P question

Former Member — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:45:23 GMT

Hi...

I am awfully new on this abap thing and I got a question:

I got this data defined

example (5) TYPE p,

And I don't know if this means that I got 5 decimals after the point (1111,xxxxx) or something else.

Plus, is using "example DECIMALS X" the only way to specify que quantity of decimal my data will have?

And one final question... if I do not specify any DECIMALS that means my TYPE p will have no decimals?

Thank you so much!!!

RichHeilman — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:47:57 GMT

In order to define a field with decimals, you must use the DECIMALS extension.

data: field type p decimals 5.

Here you have a field with 5 decimal places.

Regards,

Rich Heilman

Former Member — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:48:19 GMT

Did you see the help, which gives you a example

Regards,

Ravi

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suresh_datti — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:50:44 GMT

you HAVE to specify DECIMALS n to display the decimals for TYPE P.

try this sample..

report zptest.

data p_1 type p value '100'.

data p_2(5) type p value '534.56'.

data p_3 type p decimals 2 value '345'.

write 😕 p_1,p_2,p_3.

~Suresh

Former Member — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:04:03 GMT

Jimmy,

p length is 16. default no decimals.

DATA: PP TYPE P.

like PP = '123456789123456'.

if you are giving decimals 2, including decimals length should be of 16 characters.

DATA: PP TYPE P decimals 2.

like PP = '1234567891234'.

you can give at max 14 decimals

DATA: PP TYPE P decimals 14.

like PP = '1'.

-Anu