DATA-only statement (optional)

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This describes areas of the CSECT being disassembled which contain no instructions. Use of this statement eliminates creation of instructions from constant data, or from areas containing values created during program linking. Up to 256 DATA-only statement may be entered. These statements may occur anywhere in the input stream after the module-CSECT statement, but not within a DSECT definition set.

Table 1. DATA-only statement: format
Column Contents
1–4
  • literal 'DATA'
5 onwards
  • one or more spaces
  • offset to beginning of area, in hexadecimal
  • one or more spaces
  • offset to end of area (last byte), in hexadecimal