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packed number
Numeric data type for saving
fixed point numbers with a fixed number of
decimal places or a number saved in a similar way. The associated
built-in ABAP type
is p. The number of decimal places is a property of the data type and not (as in
floating point numbers) a property of the data itself. Calculations with packed numbers are performed using
fixed point arithmetic. The internal representation uses the
BCD format.