Syntax to declare a variable in ABAP -
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DATA Variable_Name Type Variable_Type |
Example:
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DATA employee_number Type I. |
The following is a list of Data Types supported by ABAP
| Data Type | Initial field length | Valid field length | Initial value | Meaning |
| Numeric types | ||||
| I | 4 | 4 | 0 | Integer (whole number) |
| F | 8 | 8 | 0 | Floating point number |
| P | 8 | 1 - 16 | 0 | Packed number |
| Character types | ||||
| C | 1 | 1 - 65535 | ' ... ' | Text field(alphanumeric characters) |
| D | 8 | 8 | '00000000' | Date field(Format: YYYYMMDD) |
| N | 1 | 1 - 65535 | '0 ... 0' | Numeric text field(numeric characters) |
| T | 6 | 6 | '000000' | Time field(format: HHMMSS) |
| Hexadecimal type | ||||
| X | 1 | 1 - 65535 | X'0 ... 0' | Hexadecimal field |