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Learn more about: .DATA

.DATA

12/17/2019

.DATA

.DATA directive

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.DATA

Indicates the start of a data segment.

When using 32-bit MASM, this starts a near data segment for initialized data (segment name _DATA) and should be used along with .MODEL.

Syntax

.DATA
⟦ segmentItem ⟧...

See also

Directives Reference
.DATA?
.CONST
.FARDATA
.FARDATA?
MASM BNF Grammar