Predefined data types

[Former Member]

Hi,

Can somebody give me details regarding predefined data types in ABAP and equivalent Character types ?

For example :

F2 type p can be equivalent to F2(20) type c

F2 CURR17 = F2(?) TYPE c

Thanks

[chemicala_srimallikarjuna]

Hi,

Predefined : it is used to specify the types of individual field whose lenghts are fixed.

numeric(I,F,P)

Charcter(C,D,N,T)

Hexadecimal type(X)

Predefined Elementary type with variable length (String for char String,XString for byte String)

ACCP Posting period YYYYMM

CHAR Character string

CLNT Client

CUKY Currency key, referenced by CURR fields

CURR Currency field, stored as DEC

DATS Date field (YYYYMMDD) stored as char(8)

DEC Counter or amount field with comma and sign

FLTP Floating point number, accurate to 8 bytes

INT1 1-byte integer, integer number <= 255

INT2 2-byte integer, only for length field before LCHR or LRAW

INT4 4-byte integer, integer number with sign

LANG Language key

LCHR Long character string, requires preceding INT2 field

LRAW Long byte string, requires preceding INT2 field

NUMC Character string with only digits

PREC Precision of a QUAN field

QUAN Quantity field, points to a unit field with format UNIT

RAW Uninterpreted sequence of bytes

RAWSTRING Byte String of Variable Length

SSTRING Short Character String of Variable Length

STRING Character String of Variable Length

TIMS Time field (hhmmss), stored as char(6)

VARC Long character string, no longer supported from Rel. 3.0

UNIT Unit key for QUAN fields

Pls chk this links;

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/fc/eb2fd9358411d1829f0000e829fbfe/content.htm

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/fc/eb2fcc358411d1829f0000e829fbfe/content.htm

Hope this helps,

Regards

CSM Reddy