Data Types in abap:
1.Data
types are pure descriptions.
2.There
is no memory associated with data types.
3.Data
types describe the technical properties of data objects
Data objects
1.Data
objects are the physical units a program uses at runtime.
2.Each
data object has a specific data type assigned to it.
3.Each
data object occupies some space in memory.
|
Data
types
|
Default
values
|
Key
words
|
|
Integer
|
0
|
I
|
|
Numeric
|
0
|
N
|
|
Character
|
Space
|
C(or)
Char
|
|
Date
|
00000000
|
DATS
|
|
Time
|
000000
|
UZEIT
|
|
Hexadecimal
|
X’00’
|
X
|
|
Boolean
|
False
|
|
|
String
|
Space
|
String
|
|
Packed
decimal
|
0.0
|
P
decimals <no of decimals>
|
