ABAP Character Data Type Multiplication Issue difference in ITG vs Dev Environments.

Hello Folks,
My problem is very simple but hey I have tried everything and dont know why I have an issue and what is the possible solution. Let me create the scenario:-
SAP Dev Box:
data: prctg type char15.
prctg = '0.065'.
prctg = prctg * 100000.
i see prctg value to be: 6500. Which is good.
SAP ITG Box:
data: prctg type char15.
prctg = '0.065'.
prctg = prctg * 100000.
i see prctg value to be: 65000. Which is absurd and wrong!!!!
Question: How can 2 environments behave differently? What is the solution to have the same result as the DEV Box using a reliable method please.
Thanks alot!!!! Yet I have had no one resolve this issue for me in my workplace so I came here desparately!!
Salman

Hi,
It's to do with deactivated 'Fixed point arithmetic' in V61A, where FV64A301 is ultimately included, I believe:
My guess is that in the system, where it is working, someone has activated 'Fixed point arithmetic' in V61A via repair or otherwise.
You can verify if the issue is inactive Fixed point arithmetic, by reproducing (inactivating it in Program attributes) in your test program.
Are you coding your business logic directly in enhancement implementations? If yes, why don't you modularize your business logic in, say, a class method? Or at least a custom Function module? :| Define some kind of interface (I don't mean ABAP OO Interface, but interface in general - what SAP data you need to pass, what data you need to return or change), and encapsulate your logic in a separate procedure, which you then can call from Enhancement implementation...
Just because you see too many to count lazy SAP programmers programming ridiculous "naked" (not modularized) enhancement implementations in the middle of existing Function modules and other modularization units, doesn't mean it's a good thing to do... It makes original code more unreadable than it already was and what if you or someone else needs to reuse that business logic...? And as added benefit, you'll encounter less galling issues like this...
cheers
Jānis

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