SAP / SAP Beginner (0 to 2 yrs) Interview questions
What are the data types in ABAP?
ABAP provides a set of elementary data types for holding single values, which every variable declaration ultimately builds on.
| Type | Description |
| C (Character) | Fixed-length text. |
| N (Numeric text) | Digits stored as text, e.g. for codes like postal codes. |
| I (Integer) | Whole numbers. |
| P (Packed number) | Decimal numbers, common for currency amounts. |
| D (Date) | Calendar date. |
| T (Time) | Time of day. |
| STRING | Variable-length text. |
DATA: lv_name TYPE c LENGTH 20, lv_count TYPE i, lv_price TYPE p DECIMALS 2.
Beyond these elementary types, ABAP also supports complex types built from them — structures (grouping several fields together) and internal tables (holding multiple rows of structured data).
Which ABAP data type is commonly used for currency amounts requiring decimal precision?
What are structures and internal tables built from, in ABAP's type system?
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