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ABAP Keyword Documentation → ABAP Glossary →Floating point number
Either a decimal floating point number or a binary floating point number. In floating point numbers, the size of the fractional portion is part of the value and not part of the data type, as is the case in packed numbers. Floating point arithmetic is used for calculations with floating point numbers.