SAP PACKED NUMBER TYPE - Glossary



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packed number type
Numeric data type for saving fixed point numbers with a fixed number of decimal places The associated built-in ABAP type is p. The built-in DDIC type is DEC. The number of decimal places is a property of the data type and not, as with floating point numbers, a property of the data itself. Calculations with packed numbers are performed using fixed point arithmetic. The internal representation uses the BCD format. A data object of a packed number type is a packed number.
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