Type P question

[Former Member]

Hi...

I am awfully new on this abap thing and I got a question:

I got this data defined

example (5) TYPE p,

And I don't know if this means that I got 5 decimals after the point (1111,xxxxx) or something else.

Plus, is using "example DECIMALS X" the only way to specify que quantity of decimal my data will have?

And one final question... if I do not specify any DECIMALS that means my TYPE p will have no decimals?

Thank you so much!!!

[RichHeilman]

In order to define a field with decimals, you must use the DECIMALS extension.

data: field type p decimals 5.

Here you have a field with 5 decimal places.

Regards,

Rich Heilman

[Former Member]

Did you see the help, which gives you a example

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/fc/eb2fd9358411d1829f0000e829fbfe/content.htm

Regards,

Ravi

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[suresh_datti]

you HAVE to specify DECIMALS n to display the decimals for TYPE P.

try this sample..

report zptest.

data p_1 type p value '100'.

data p_2(5) type p value '534.56'.

data p_3 type p decimals 2 value '345'.

write 😕 p_1,p_2,p_3.

~Suresh

[Former Member]

Jimmy,

p length is 16. default no decimals.

DATA: PP TYPE P.

like PP = '123456789123456'.

if you are giving decimals 2, including decimals length should be of 16 characters.

DATA: PP TYPE P decimals 2.

like PP = '1234567891234'.

you can give at max 14 decimals

DATA: PP TYPE P decimals 14.

like PP = '1'.

-Anu