Basic Form of the DATA Statement

Basic Form of the DATA Statement

You use the basic form of the DATA statement to define internal variables in your program. The syntax is as follows:

Syntax

DATA <f>[(<length>)] <type> [<value>] [<decimals>].

In its basic form, the keyword DATA has the following parameters:

Parameters	Purpose
<f>	Declaring Variables
<length> <type>	Specifying the Data Type and the Length of the Variable
<value>	Specifying the Initial Value
<decimals>	Specifying the Decimal Places