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Data Type Length --- Urgent

Former Member — Tue, 29 May 2007 12:17:40 GMT

Hi,

Can anyone tell me how bits/bytes is one character... Is there any function module to find out the length of a character / string / any other data types in terms of bits/bytes???

Regards

Jiku

Re: Data Type Length --- Urgent

graghavendra_sharma — Tue, 29 May 2007 12:20:10 GMT

8 bits = 1 byte

To find out the length of string you can use the command STRLEN

Re: Data Type Length --- Urgent

former_member253923 — Tue, 29 May 2007 12:20:57 GMT

One character is 1 byte. This differs from data type to data type. Packed contains 2 numbers packed into 1 byte. Check out the help on data types. It has some info on this.

Re: Data Type Length --- Urgent

Former Member — Tue, 29 May 2007 12:23:17 GMT

1 byte = 8 bits.

to find out lenght of a given string then use strlrn function.

for ex: 's1 = 'asdf'

data: i1 type i.

i1 = strlen(s1)

write:/10 i1.

if helpful reward some points.

with regards,

suresh babu aluri.

Re: Data Type Length --- Urgent

oliver — Tue, 29 May 2007 12:23:46 GMT

Hi Jiku,

length of a character depends on your system settings, if the system is running on UniCode (2 Byte) or Non UniCode (1 Byte).

Length of a string: http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/fc/eb33d9358411d1829f0000e829fbfe/frameset.htm

Length of other data type look into DESCRIBE syntax.

Best regards,

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Oliver Kohl

Re: Data Type Length --- Urgent

Former Member — Tue, 29 May 2007 12:31:27 GMT

Hi,

8 bits = 1 byte.

data : str(10) value 'Apple',

ln(10).

ln = STRLEN( str ).

write ln.

Regards,

Bhaskar