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data types

Former Member — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:57:31 GMT

Hello Friend,

Can anyone give the suggession for below issue.

data M(7) type p decimals 2 value '0*12345.66'.

write M.

error occurs is unable to interpret as number.

whether packed will allow the symbols like astrick.

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Re: data types

Former Member — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:59:38 GMT

Hello Purna,

You can not assign value with special characters to packed numbers.

you have to use dot.

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Regards

Sasidhar Reddy Matli.

Re: data types

Former Member — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:01:09 GMT

hi,

u cant use the special character '*' in packed numbers thts why u r getting error.

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Re: data types

varma_narayana — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:02:40 GMT

Hi purna..

Type P is a Numeric field which can store Decimal values.

So it will not allow any other Characters.

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Re: data types

Former Member — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:10:49 GMT

Packed Number is a Built in ABAP type.

The valid length for packed numbers is between 1 and 16 bytes; two decimal places are packed into one byte, whereby the last byte only contains one place and the plus/minus sign;

After the decimal separator, up to 14 decimal places are permitted.

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You cant use special characters such as '*' while storing a value in a variable of type P.</b>

Thanks,

Ankur

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Re: data types

Former Member — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:11:51 GMT

Hello purno,

U cannot store special character in type P.if u want to display it then declair it type STRING.

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Re: data types

Former Member — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:15:22 GMT

hi,

packed, numeric wont allow special characters except . and _ symbols. u wanna display that then go for string or character data type and display.

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with regards,

Suresh Aluri.