Data Types

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 Data Types
Fixed Length
Elementary
Variable Length

Structure
Data Types Complex
Table Types

Data Reference
Reference
Object Reference
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 Elementary Types
• Fixed-Length Elementary Types
There are eight predefined types in ABAP with fixed
length:
– Four character types:
Character (C) Numeric character (N)
Date (D) Time (T).
– One hexadecimal type:
Byte field (X).
– Three numeric types:
Integer (I) Floating-point number (F)
Packed number (P).
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 Elementary Types
• Variable-Length Elementary Types
– There are two predefined types in ABAP
with variable length:
• STRING for character strings
• XSTRING for byte strings

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 Complex Types
• Structures
• Internal Tables

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 Reference Types
• Reference types describe data objects
that contain references (pointers) to
other objects (data objects and objects
in ABAP Objects).