ABAPDATA_SIMPLE - DATA SIMPLE

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DATA - TYPE abap_type

Short Reference

Syntax

DATA { {var[(len)] TYPE abap_type [DECIMALS dec]}
     | {var [TYPE abap_type [LENGTH len] [DECIMALS dec]]} }
     [VALUE val|{IS INITIAL}]
     [READ-ONLY].

Effect

When an abap_type predefined data type is specified, an elementary variable var is defined. For abap_type, you can use all predefined data types from the table ofpredefined ABAP types except for internal types b and s.

The syntax and meaning of LENGTH, len, DECIMALS, and dec are identical tothe definition of elementary data types with TYPES and must be specified within the relevantintervallimits. Here, however, they are used to generate a bound data type. If you omit the specificationof len and dec for ABAP types c, n, p, and x, the bound type is generated with the default length from thetable of predefined ABAP types, and for p without decimal places.

Note

For readability purposes, we recommend that you do not omit any specifications and always use the LENGTH addition instead of parentheses for length specification len.

Example

These statements declare three variables and determine their start values.

DATA: text_buffer TYPE string VALUE `Text`,
      count TYPE i VALUE 1,
      price TYPE p LENGTH 8 DECIMALS 2 VALUE '1.99'.

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