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.DATA? Define Uninitialized Data Segment Directive
.DATA?
The .DATA? directive is used to start the definition of the
unitialized data segment. You define unitialized data with the ?
symbol, like this: APPLES 5 DUP(?). You end the definition of
the data segment with another segment directive (such as .CODE) or
an END directive, which indicates the end of the file.
Before you use .DATA?, you must have defined a memory model with the
.MODEL directive.
The advantage of .DATA? is that it is translated into the standard
uninitialized data segment name for that memory model when the file
is assembled, which makes it easy to link into high-level languages.
Notes: Use the .DATA directive for initialized data.
See Also:
.CODE
.CONST
.DATA
.FARDATA
.MODEL
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