topic Re: Type P question in Application Development and Automation Discussions

Type P question

Former Member — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 07:45:28 GMT

I want to define a field in types like length 17 decimas 2.

see this code and correct me what iam doing wrong.

Types : BEGIN OF t_amt_qty,

amt(17) type p decimal 2,

END OF t_amt_qty.

but it is showing error " "," expected after "P". "

correct me how to achieve it.

thanx and regards,

Rupa

Former Member — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 08:01:37 GMT

Hi Rupa

Use 'decimals' and not 'decimal'. For type P a maximum length spec of 16 is allowed.

Types : BEGIN OF t_amt_qty,

amt(16) type p decimals 2,

END OF t_amt_qty.

Award points if useful

Regards

Indrajit

Former Member — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 08:07:45 GMT

Hi Indra,

Thank you for your response.

my requirement is iam geting a amount field (17, 2) from legacy sysmet, so i need to capture it in a internal table. so tell me how can i define it.

Thanks and regards

Rupa.

Former Member — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 08:33:47 GMT

rupa,

declare it as

amt(9) type p decimals 2.

as the Length of this amt is 2 * 9 = 18 - 1 = 17.

Data type P will always have length = 2n - 1.

regds,

kiran