Data conversion - How to convert char to decimal variant?

Hi expert,
In the example below, I want to convert the variable l_var1 to l_result
data l_var1(16) type c.
data l_preis(11) TYPE p DECIMALS 2.
data l_result(11) TYPE p DECIMALS 2.
l_preis = 10981.
write l_preis to l_var1.
after the write statement, l_var1 = 10,981.00. currently i want to move l_var1 to l_result. Is there anyone who knows how to do it? Thank you very much.

Hi Liu,
I want to know the exact requirement. Instead of what you are trying to do , you can do the following way.
DATA l_var1(16) TYPE c.
*data l_preis(11) TYPE p DECIMALS 2.
DATA l_result(11) TYPE p DECIMALS 2.
l_var1 = 10981.
MOVE l_var1 TO l_result.
WRITE l_result.
<li> MOVE statement gives desired result. It gives rounding values.
Thanks
Venkat.O

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