Data Statement

General Description

The data-statement provides for the creation of a sequence of representations for data elements for use by the read-statement. The general syntactic form of the data-statement is

DATA datum, ..., datum

where each datum is either a numeric constant, a string-constant or an unquoted string.

Syntax

1. data-statement = DATA data-list
2. data-list = datum (comma datum)*

Examples

DATA 3.14159, PI, 5E-10, ","

Semantics

Data from the totality of data-statements in the program are collected into a single data sequence. The order in which data appear textually in the totality of all data-statements determines the order of the data in the data sequence.

If the execution of a program reaches a line containing a data-statement, then it shall proceed to the next line with no other effect.

Exceptions

None .

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