Character string (SAP Library - Reference Manual 7.2 (BC))

Character string

A character string is a data type that consists of a series of alphanumeric characters.

Each character string has a code attribute (ASCII, EBCDIC, or BYTE). It defines the sort sequence to be used for comparing values.

Character strings with the same code attribute	These character strings can be compared to each other.
Character strings with the code attributes ASCII, EBCDIC	These character strings have the EBCDIC and ASCII code attributes and can be compared with date, time, and timestamp values.

See also:

Code tables