SAP PACKED NUMBER GLOSRY documentation, setup help and example usage

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