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CLEARDATA

Clears all data stored by the DATA statement.

Synopsis

CLEARDATA

Arguments

None.

Description

The CLEARDATA statement flushes (clears) all remaining data stored in the input stack by the DATA statement. Following CLEARDATA, the INPUT statement issues a user prompt, rather than automatically receiving data stored by the DATA statement.

Examples

The following example illustrates the use of the CLEARDATA statement:

DATA "New York","Chicago","","Annapolis"
FOR x=1 TO 4
  INPUT cityname
  IF cityname=""
   THEN CLEARDATA
   PROMPT "Missing name: "
   INPUT cityname
  ELSE
   PRINT cityname
NEXT
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See Also

Next sectionCLEARFILE
Previous sectionCLEARCOM (CLEARCOMMON)
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