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title: "The Truth About ‘DATA & READ’"
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published_at: "2026-03-12T23:39:11+00:00"
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excerpt: "A tutorial on replicating the DATA/READ construct on the ZX/TS using string slicing and DIM arrays, with two complete solution routines—one for numeric data and one for alphanumeric."
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A tutorial on replicating the DATA/READ construct on the ZX/TS using string slicing and DIM arrays, with two complete solution routines—one for numeric data and one for alphanumeric.