Is length must while declaring TYPE 'P' variable

[Former Member]

Hi,

While declaring the type 'P' (Packed decimal) variable, should we provide the length. If we do not provide the length how munch length will it consider by default..?

I declared like below.

DATA: w_matprice TYPE P DECIMALS 3.

It didn't give any syntax error. So, will it provide length by default.

Please answer.

Thanks in advance.

Best Regards,

Paddu.

[Former Member]

By default the Packed type (P) has a length of 8.

From the TYPE help in SAP

   Type   Description of type        SL     Initial value 

    C     Character                  1      Space 
    N     Numeric string             1      '00...0' 
    D     Date        (YYYYMMDD)     8      '00000000' 
    T     Time:            HHMMSS)   6      '000000' 
    X     Byte (hexadecimal)         1      X'00' 
    I     Integer                    4      0 
    P     Packed number              8      0 
    F     Floating point number      8      '0.0' 

[Former Member]

Hi,

Check out the below details for your declaration ...

Type                 P
Length               8
Output length       17
Decimal places       3 

[Former Member]

i'm not sure...........