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ABAP Keyword Documentation → ABAP − Reference → Processing Internal Data → Character String and Byte String Processing → Expressions and Functions for String Processing → String Functions →Description Functions for Character-Like Arguments
These functions return a numerical result.
Note
These functions can be used in suitable operand positions, for example directly as an operand of arithmetic or relational expressions.