SAP ABAP Data Element ATLEN (Number of Characters)
Hierarchy
SAP_ABA (Software Component) Cross-Application Component
   CA-CL-CHR (Application Component) Characteristics
     CT (Package) Characteristics
Basic Data
Data Element ATLEN
Short Description Number of Characters  
Data Type
Category of Dictionary Type D   Domain
Type of Object Referenced     No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type CHAR2    
Data Type CHAR   Character String 
Length 2    
Decimal Places 0    
Output Length 2    
Value Table      
Further Characteristics
Search Help: Name    
Search Help: Parameters    
Parameter ID   
Default Component name    
Change document    
No Input History    
Basic direction is set to LTR    
No BIDI Filtering    
Field Label
  Length  Field Label  
Short 10 No. Chars 
Medium 15 Number of Chars 
Long 20 Number of Characters 
Heading NChar 
Documentation

Definition

Total length of a characteristic. The length includes the space required for displaying the exponent or decimal places, if used.

History
Last changed by/on SAP  20020827 
SAP Release Created in 46C