Specifying a Start Value
When you declare an internal variable with the DATA statement, you implicitly assign the data-type specific initial value as a start value to the field. For a list of the initial values of the various data types, see the table in
Predefined Elementary Data Types.To change the start value of a field in the program, use the <value> parameter of the DATA statement. The syntax is as follows:
Syntax
DATA <f>..... VALUE <val>.
The start value of the field <f> in the program is set to <val>, where <val> can be
Examples of start value specifications:
DATA: COUNTER TYPE P VALUE 1,
DATE TYPE D VALUE '19920601',
FLAG TYPE C VALUE IS INITIAL.
After this data declaration, the character string FLAG contains its type specific initial value SPACE.