What is 'UCS-2' in SAP BC-I18 - Internationalization (I18N)?

UCS-2 - Overview

• Component: BC-I18

• Component Name: Internationalization (I18N)

• Description: Two-byte Unicode character representation In this representation all characters are represented with two bytes. The essential difference to UTF-16 is that UCS-2 does not support characters of the surrogate area. The ABAP programming language supports UCS-2 in a Unicode system, and therefore no surrogates.

UCS-2 - Details

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  Key Concepts: 
  UCS-2 (Universal Character Set 2) is a character encoding standard used by SAP to represent characters in the Unicode character set. It is a 16-bit encoding system that supports up to 65,536 characters. It is used in the BC-I18 Internationalization (I18N) component of SAP. 
  
  How to use it: 
  UCS-2 is used to represent characters in the Unicode character set. It is used in the BC-I18 Internationalization (I18N) component of SAP. To use UCS-2, you must first enable it in your system settings. Once enabled, you can use it to store and display characters from the Unicode character set. 
  
  Tips & Tricks: 
  When using UCS-2, it is important to remember that it only supports up to 65,536 characters. If you need to represent more than 65,536 characters, you will need to use a different encoding system such as UTF-8 or UTF-16. 
  
  Related Information: 
  For more information on UCS-2 and other character encoding standards, please refer to the official Unicode website (https://www.unicode.org/).