DATA Definitions

• DATA Statement

DATA TYPE or LIKE VALUE DECIMALS

- All variables used within the ABAP/4 program must be declared with DATA

statements

- up to 30 characters in length, containing any characters other than

(, ), +, ., :

- Indicates the variable type

Example:

DATA: p_bukrs LIKE bkpf-bukrs.

DATA i_val TYPE i VALUE '99'.

• TYPES Statement

TYPES TYPE or LIKE DECIMALS

SAP allows the creation of new user defined data types. And this does not

create a variable, BUT just a new type that can be used in creating a variable.

Example :

TYPES : cc LIKE bkpf-bukrs

DATA : c_cc TYPE cc.