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ABAP Keyword Documentation → ABAP − Reference → Declarations → Declaration Statements → Data Types and Data Objects → Declaring Data Objects → Literals →Numeric Literals
Numeric literals consist of continuous sequences of numbers with a maximum of 31 digits (0 to 9), which can be directly preceded by a plus (+) or minus (-) sign.
Notes
Example
The first literal has the type i. The following literals have the type p and lengths 8 and 16.
DATA: t TYPE c LENGTH 1,
l TYPE i.
DESCRIBE FIELD 123456 TYPE t.
cl_demo_output=>write( t ).
DESCRIBE FIELD 123456790123 TYPE t LENGTH l IN BYTE MODE.
cl_demo_output=>write( |{ t } { l }| ).
DESCRIBE FIELD 12345679012345678 TYPE t LENGTH l IN BYTE MODE.
cl_demo_output=>write( |{ t } { l }| ).
cl_demo_output=>display( ).