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Cannot Declare Type, Length, or Decimal Places Implicitly
In ABAP Objects, the following statement causes an error message:
TYPES: t1,
t2 TYPE p.
Correct syntax:
TYPES: t1(1) TYPE c,
t2(8) TYPE p DECIMALS 0.
Cause:
Complete type definitions are a prerequisite for considering incompletely defined types as generic types later. In the DATA statement, short forms are completed as before.