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The DATA statement begins a local data declaration section in a ROUTINE. Any ROUTINE containing a DATA section must also contain a CODE statement to terminate the data declaration section. Variables declared in a ROUTINE data section may not have the STATIC or THREAD attributes.

Example:

SomeProc PROCEDURE

CODE

!Code statements

DO Tally                !Call the routine

!More code statements

Tally ROUTINE            !Begin routine, end procedure

DATA

CountVar BYTE            !Declare local variable

CODE

CountVar += 1           ! increment counter

DO CountItAgain         !Call another routine

EXIT                    !and exit the routine

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CODE

ROUTINE