SAP ABAP DECLARATIONS

Generic ABAP types

Type Description

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• any - Any data type
• any table - Internal table with any table type
• c - Text field with a generic length
• clike - Character-like (c, n, and string plus the date/time types d, t and character-like flat structures)
• csequence - Text-like (c, string)
• data - Any data type
• decfloat - Decimal floating point number (decfloat16, decfloat34)
• hashed table - Hashed table
• index table - Index table
• n - Numeric text with generic length
• numeric - Numeric ((b, s), i, int8, p, decfloat16, decfloat34, f)
• object - Any object type (root class of the inheritance hierarchy)
• p - Packed number with generic length and generic number of decimal places
• simple - Elementary data type including enumerated types and structured types with exclusively character-like flat components
• sorted table - Sorted table
• standard table - Standard table
• table - Standard table
• x - Byte field with generic length
• xsequence - Byte-like (x, xstring)

Generic ABAP types

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Generic ABAP types

Type	Description
any	Any data type
any table	Internal table with any table type
c	Text field with a generic length
clike	Character-like (c, n, and string plus the date/time types d, t and character-like flat structures)
csequence	Text-like (c, string)
data	Any data type
decfloat	Decimal floating point number (decfloat16, decfloat34)
hashed table	Hashed table
index table	Index table
n	Numeric text with generic length
numeric	Numeric ((b, s), i, int8, p, decfloat16, decfloat34, f)
object	Any object type (root class of the inheritance hierarchy)
p	Packed number with generic length and generic number of decimal places
simple	Elementary data type including enumerated types and structured types with exclusively character-like flat components
sorted table	Sorted table
standard table	Standard table
table	Standard table
x	Byte field with generic length
xsequence	Byte-like (x, xstring)