CRTDTAARA in as400

The Create Data Area (CRTDTAARA) command creates a data area and stores it in a specified library. It also specifies the attributes of the data. The data area can also be initialized to a specific value.

for more info
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r3/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcl%2Fcrtdtaara.htm

example

1)Type crtdtaara in command line and press f4

you get this screen

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type data area name,type,initialvalue etc
press enter

 Selection or command                                                          
 ===> CRTDTAARA DTAARA(DTA002) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(100) VALUE('chandana venkata rame
sh') TEXT('dta002 contains names')