Type of X equals which data elements or data type

Hi ABAP Experts,
I declareted variable type of X in my program.
(Example TYPES: BEGIN OF T_XML_LINE,
DATA(1024) TYPE X,
END OF T_XML_LINE.)
But I want to create structure with SE11 Tcode in my program. But I dont know Type of X equals which data elements or data type and length.
Thanks for help.

Hi,
You can use the below data type in data dictionary
RAW: Uninterpreted byte string, maximum length of 255 in tables
LRAW: Uninterpreted byte string of any length, but has to be declared with a minimum length of 256
RAWSTRING: Uninterpreted byte string of variable length
Regards
Praveen

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