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# data_seg
Specifies the data segment where initialized variables are stored in the .obj file.  
  
## Syntax  
  
```  
  
#pragma data_seg( [ [ { push | pop }, ] [ identifier, ] ] [ "segment-name" [, "segment-class" ] )  
```  
  
## Remarks  
 The meaning of the terms *segment* and *section* are interchangeable in this topic.  
  
 OBJ files can be viewed with the [dumpbin](../build/reference/dumpbin-command-line.md) application. The default segment in the .obj file for initialized variables is .data. Variables that are uninitialized are considered to be initialized to zero and are stored in .bss.  
  
 **data_seg** with no parameters resets the segment to .data.  
  
 **push**(optional)  
 Puts a record on the internal compiler stack. A **push** can have an *identifier* and *segment-name*.  
  
 **pop** (optional)  
 Removes a record from the top of the internal compiler stack.  
  
 *identifier* (optional)  
 When used with **push**, assigns a name to the record on the internal compiler stack. When used with **pop**, pops records off the internal stack until *identifier* is removed; if *identifier* is not found on the internal stack, nothing is popped.  
  
 *identifier* enables multiple records to be popped with a single **pop** command.  
  
 *"segment-name"*(optional)  
 The name of a segment. When used with **pop**, the stack is popped and *segment-name* becomes the active segment name.  
  
 *"segment-class"* (optional)  
 Included for compatibility with C++ prior to version 2.0. It is ignored.  
  
## Example  
  
```  
// pragma_directive_data_seg.cpp  
int h = 1;                     // stored in .data  
int i = 0;                     // stored in .bss  
#pragma data_seg(".my_data1")  
int j = 1;                     // stored in "my_data1"  
  
#pragma data_seg(push, stack1, ".my_data2")     
int l = 2;                     // stored in "my_data2"  
  
#pragma data_seg(pop, stack1)   // pop stack1 off the stack  
int m = 3;                     // stored in "stack_data1"  
  
int main() {  
}  
```  
  
 Data allocated using **data_seg** does not retain any information about its location.  
  
 See [/SECTION](../build/reference/section-specify-section-attributes.md) for a list of names you should not use when creating a section.  
  
 You can also specify sections for const variables ([const_seg](../preprocessor/const-seg.md)), uninitialized data ([bss_seg](../preprocessor/bss-seg.md)), and functions ([code_seg](../preprocessor/code-seg.md)).  
  
## See Also  
 [Pragma Directives and the __Pragma Keyword](../preprocessor/pragma-directives-and-the-pragma-keyword.md)