Data

The .data command writes data into the current data section.

In the sequence section, it appends characters to the current character sequence.
In the class section, it appends character ranges to the currently open character class.

Syntax

.data “text”: Append all characters from the given text.
.data ‘c’: Append a single character.
.data 123: Append a character with the given decimal Unicode code-point.
.data $01a2bf: Append a character with the given hexadecimal Unicode code-point.

In a class section, you can also specify ranges:

.data ‘a’ - ‘z’: Append the range from 'a' to 'z'.
.data 65 - 90: Append the range from 65 to 90.

Arguments

The .data command expects exactly one value in the sequence section.

In the class section, it also allows a range of characters written as value - value.

Valid value types are:

text ("...")
character ('...')
decimal code-point (123)
hexadecimal code-point ($1072)

Notes

.data can only be used in the &sequence and &class sections.
Only one value (or one range) is allowed per .data line.
In the sequence section, text is decoded as UTF-8 and each decoded Unicode code-point is appended.
In the class section:
- Text adds each decoded character as a single range (start == end).
- For non-text values, you can optionally use - to specify a range.
- Ranges are collected for the currently open class (see Class).
The maximum length of a character sequence is 65534 code-points.

Examples

.section &sequence
seq_hello:  .data "hello"
            .data ' '
            .data "world"

.section &class
myClass:    .class
            .data "():,"
            .data 'a' - 'z'
            .data 'A' - 'Z'
            .data '0' - '9'