SAP CONVERSION TYPE N documentation, setup help and usage info

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Source Field Type n
The conversion rules are designed in such a way that when data objects of type n are assigned to character-like data objects they behave as character-like data objects. Valid data for data objects of type
n is in the form of pure character strings. When assigning valid data to numeric data objects, the numeric value of the character string is assigned to the target object. The conversion rules, however, also allow assignment of numeric text fields that contain invalid data. The latter is not recommended.

Numeric Target Fields
Target Conversion
i ,
int8 , ( b , s )Content is handled in the same way as a source field of type c
p Content is handled in the same way as a source field of type c
decfloat16 , decfloat34 Content is handled in the same way as a source field of type c
f Content is handled in the same way as a source field of type c

Note

Character-Like Target Fields
Target Conversion
c Content is handled in the same way as a source field of type c
string Content is handled in the same way as a source field of type c
n The characters in the source field are inserted in the target field, right-aligned. Trailing blanks are copied. If the target field is longer than the characters passed, the field is padded with "0" characters from the left. If the target field is shorter, the characters are cut off from the left.
d Content is handled in the same way as a source field of type c
t Content is handled in the same way as a source field of type c

Byte-Like Target Fields
Target Conversion
x The content of the source field is first converted to the data type i (see above), and then to the type x (see the conversion table for source field type
i ,
int8 , ( b , s ) ).
xstring The content of the source field is first converted to the data type i (see above), and then to the type x (see the conversion table for source field type i ,
int8 , ( b , s ) ).

SAP CONVERSION TYPE N documentation, setup help and example usage