Specifies values to be read by subsequent READ statements.

Syntax

DATA var [, varn]

Remarks

var Numeric or string constant.
To specify a character that can not be written in the editor such as " you can use $34. The number is the ASCII value of the string. A null will be added so it will be a string of one character !

When you want to store the string data without the ending null you can use the
$NONULL directive as shown below:
DATA "abcd" 'stored with and ending 0
$NONULL = -1 'from now on store the data without the extra 0
DATA "abcd" , "edgh"
$NONULL = 0 'and go back to the normal default operation

Difference with QB
Integer and Word constants must end with the % -sign.
Long constants must end with the &-sign.
Single constants must end with the !-sign.

See also
READ , RESTORE

Example
DIM a AS BYTE, I AS BYTE, L AS Long, S As XRAM STRING * 15
RESTORE DTA 'point to data
FOR a = 1 TO 3
READ a : PRINT a 'read data and print it
NEXT
RESTORE DTA2 'point to data
READ I : PRINT I
READ I : PRINT I
RESTORE DTA3
READ L : PRINT L
RESTORE DTA4
READ S : PRINT S
END

DTA1:
DATA 5, 10, 100

DTA2:
DATA -1%, 1000%
Integer and Word constants must end with the %-sign.
(Integer : <0 or >255)

DTA3:
DATA 1235678&
'long constants must end with the &-sign

DTA4:
DATA "Hello world" , $34

REM You can also mix different constant types on one line
DATA "TEST" , 5 , 1000% , -1& , 1.1!