Question:
Hello gurus,
I have a requirement that i am increasing one integer field for every particular instance that value may exceed above 6 lakhs .which data type i have to use, to hold that much number. please help me
Thanks & regards
Murali krishna
Answer:
A lakh is 10,000 ??
All the information you need for this questions can be found by hitting the F1 key with the cursor on the keyword 'Types':
Numeric Types
As well as the five non-numeric types (text field (C), numeric text field (N), date field (D), time field (T), and hexadecimal field (X)), there are three numeric types, used in ABAP to display and calculate numbers. Data type N is not a numeric type. Type N objects can only contain numeric characters (0...9), but are not represented internally as numbers. Typical type N fields are account numbers and zip codes.
integers - type I
The value range of type I numbers is -2**31 to 2**31-1 and includes only whole numbers. Non-integer results of arithmetic operations (e.g. fractions) are rounded, not truncated.
You can use type I data for counters, numbers of items, indexes, time periods, and so on.
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