Specifications

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Syntax:
DATA literal[,literal...]
Parameter:
literal
A numeric or string constant.
Description:
DATA stores numeric and string literals so that READ statements can assign them
to variables.
• A
DATA statement can appear anywhere in a source program.
• A string data should be enclosed with a pair of double quotation marks (").
• You may have any number of
DATA statements in a program. The READ state-
ment assigns data stored by
DATA statements in the exact same order that those
DATA statements appear in a source program.
• Using the
RESTORE statement can read a same DATA statement more than
once since the
RESTORE can change a location where the READ statement
should start reading data.
• You can specify more than one
literal in a program line (within 512 charac-
ters) by separating them with commas (,).
• You can describe
DATA statements also in included files.
Syntax errors:
Reference:
Declarative statement
DATA
Stores numeric and string literals for READ statements.
Error code and message Meaning
error 3:’"’ missing
No double quote precedes or follows a
string data.
Statements:
READ, REM and RESTORE