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DATA Statement Details
 
Syntax
  DATA  constant[,constant]...
 
The constant1, constant2, and so on in a DATA statement can be any
valid numeric or string constant.
 
Names of symbolic constants (defined in a CONST statement) appearing
in DATA statements are interpreted as strings, rather than names of
constants. For example, in the following program fragment the second
data item is a string, "PI", and not the value 3.141593:
 
  CONST PI=3.141593
  .
  .
  .
  DATA 2.20, PI,45,7
  .
  .
  .
 
A DATA statement may contain as many constants as will fit on a line.
The constants are separated by commas.
 
  Note: String constants in DATA statements require double quotes only
        if they contain commas, colons, or significant leading or
        trailing spaces.
 
Null data items (indicated by a missing value) can appear in a data
list:
 
  DATA 1,2,,4,5
 
When a null item is read into a numeric variable, the variable has
the value 0. When a null item is read into a string variable, the
variable has the null string value ("").
 
You may use any number of DATA statements.
 
When working in the QuickBASIC environment, DATA statements can only
be entered in the module-level code. QuickBASIC moves all DATA
statements not in the module-level code to the module-level code when
it reads a source file. READ statements using the DATA statements can
appear anywhere in the program.
 
DATA statements are used in the order in which they appear in the
source file. You may think of the items in several DATA statements as
one continuous list of items, regardless of how many items are in a
statement or where the statement appears in the program.
 
You may reread DATA statements by using the RESTORE statement.