statement/DATA                                                 statement/DATA
 
 NAME
     DATA -- Declares data items
 
 ABBREVIATION
     d <shift> A

 SYNOPSIS
     DATA <item>[[,<item>][,<...>[,<item>]]]

 FUNCTION
     This statement is followed by a list of items to be used by READ 
     statements. The items may be numbers or words, and are separated by 
     commas. Words need not be inside of quote marks, unless they contain 
     any of the following characters: space, colon, or comma. If two commas 
     have nothing between them, the value will be READ as a zero for a 
     number, or an empty string. The DATA statement must be part of a 
     program, otherwise it will not be recognized. Also see the RESTORE 
     statement, which allows your computer to reread data.
 
 INPUTS
     <item> - constant which will be declared as a data item
 
 RESULT
     Declares data items to be read by READ command.

 EXAMPLES
     DATA 100,200,FRED,"WILMA",,3,14,ABC123
 
 NOTES
     None
 
 BUGS
     None
 
 SEE ALSO
     READ
     RESTORE