Built-in Elementary Data Types

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Built-in Elementary Data Types

Character (text), Numerical character (number string), Date, Time Integer, Floating point number, Packed number, and HeX code).

 

Data Type

Meaning

Initial Value

Standard Length

Permitted Length

Numeric

 

 

 

 

 

P

Packed Number

0

8

1-16

 

I

Integer

0

4

4

 

F

Floating point no.

0.000…

8

8

Alpha-numeric

 

 

 

 

 

N

Numeric text

00…0

1

1-max.

 

C

Text

blank

1

1-max.

 

D

Date (yyyyMMdd)

00000000

8

8

 

T

Time (hhmmss)

000000

6

6

 

X

Hexadecimal

X'00'

1

1-max.

 

 

 

 

 

Max : 65,535 bytes

Example :

>> Source Code

Data :  a TYPE i,
       b TYPE i,
      c TYPE p DECIMALS 2.
 
START-OF-SELECTION.
a = 10.
b = 100.
c = a / b.
WRITE : / 'Hitung : ', a, '/', b, '=', c.

 

 

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