Designator: Declare a Data Block.

DAT
  <Symbol < Symbol > Alignment < Size > < Data > < [Count ] > <, < Size > Data < [Count ] >>…

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DAT
  <Symbol< Symbol > < Condition > Instruction Operands < Effect(s) >

• Symbol is an optional name for the data, reserved space, or instruction that follows.
• Alignment is the desired alignment and default size (BYTE, WORD, or LONG) of the data elements that follow.
• Size is the desired size (BYTE, WORD, or LONG) of the following data element immediately following it; alignment is unchanged.
• Data is a constant expression or comma-separated list of constant expressions. Quoted strings of characters are also allowed; they are treated as a comma-separated list of characters.
• Count is an optional expression indicating the number of byte-, word-, or long-sized entries of Data to store in the data table.
• Condition is an assembly language condition, IF_C, IF_NC, IF_Z, etc.
• Instruction is an assembly language instruction, ADD, SUB, MOV, etc.
• Operands is zero, one, or two operands as required by the Instruction.
• Effect(s) is/are one, two or three assembly language effects that cause the result of the instruction to be written or not, NR, WR, WC, or WZ.

Explanation

A DAT (Data) block is a section of source code that contains pre-defined data, memory reserved for run-time use and Propeller Assembly code. This is one of six special declarations (CON, VAR, OBJ, PUB, PRI, and DAT) that provide inherent structure to the Spin language.

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