---
name: "PPI::Statement::Data"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-ppi"
version: "1.291-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/PPI::Statement::Data"
---

# PPI::Statement::Data(3pm)

The \_\_DATA\_\_ section of a file

## NAME

PPI::Statement::Data - The \_\_DATA\_\_ section of a file

## SYNOPSIS

```
  # Normal content

  __DATA__
  This: data
  is: part
  of: the
  PPI::Statement::Data: object
```

## INHERITANCE

```
  PPI::Statement::Compound
  isa PPI::Statement
      isa PPI::Node
          isa PPI::Element
```

## DESCRIPTION

`"PPI::Statement::Data"` is a utility class designed to hold content in the \_\_DATA\_\_ section of a file. It provides a single statement to hold **all** of the data.

## METHODS

`"PPI::Statement::Data"` has no additional methods beyond the default ones provided by PPI::Statement, PPI::Node and PPI::Element.

However, it is expected to gain methods for accessing the data directly, (as a filehandle for example) just as you would access the data in the Perl code itself.

## TO DO

\- Add the methods to read in the data

\- Add some proper unit testing

## SUPPORT

See the support section in the main module.

## AUTHOR

Adam Kennedy \<adamk@cpan.org\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2001 - 2011 Adam Kennedy.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.