Atari 800

Introduction to Atari BASIC 61
Illustration 3-4. DATA List
190 DATA 100,200,300,400,500
400 DATA Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday
500 READ A, B, C, D, E _________ 400
600 RESTORE ------....
A
,600-
/F
700 READ F, G, H, I, J------
B
G
C
H
D
I
J
900 READ A$, B$ , C$, D$, E$ ~ ~~~ _
,700
~
400 . 600-----DATA li st pointer
position after the execution of lin es
400 and 600.
500,700-----DATA li st pointer
position after the execution of lin es
500 and 700.
900---+-DAT A list pointer position
after execution of line 900.
900
A$
B$
C$
D$
E$
DATA List
100
200
300
400
500
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
DATA
statements may contain numeric or string values. These
values must be separated or delimited with commas. DATA
statements may appear at any point in the program. No other
statements can appear in the same program line with a DATA
statement.
The DATA list uses a pointer to indicat e which value within the
list is to be assigned to the next variable in a READ statement.
Before the first READ statement is encountered, the DATA list