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const dataType variableName[] PROGMEM = {}; // use this form
const PROGMEM dataType variableName[] = {}; // or this one
const dataType PROGMEM variableName[] = {}; // not this one

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// save some unsigned ints
const PROGMEM uint16_t charSet[] = { 65000, 32796, 16843, 10, 11234};

// save some chars
const char signMessage[] PROGMEM = {"I AM PREDATOR,  UNSEEN COMBATANT. CREATED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPART"};

unsigned int displayInt;
char myChar;


void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  while (!Serial);  // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for native USB

  // put your setup code here, to run once:
  // read back a 2-byte int
  for (byte k = 0; k < 5; k++) {
    displayInt = pgm_read_word_near(charSet + k);
    Serial.println(displayInt);
  }
  Serial.println();

  // read back a char
  for (byte k = 0; k < strlen_P(signMessage); k++) {
    myChar = pgm_read_byte_near(signMessage + k);
    Serial.print(myChar);
  }

  Serial.println();
}

void loop() {
  // put your main code here, to run repeatedly:
}

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/*
  PROGMEM string demo
  How to store a table of strings in program memory (flash),
  and retrieve them.

  Information summarized from:
  http://www.nongnu.org/avr-libc/user-manual/pgmspace.html

  Setting up a table (array) of strings in program memory is slightly complicated, but
  here is a good template to follow.

  Setting up the strings is a two-step process. First define the strings.
*/

#include <avr/pgmspace.h>
const char string_0[] PROGMEM = "String 0"; // "String 0" etc are strings to store - change to suit.
const char string_1[] PROGMEM = "String 1";
const char string_2[] PROGMEM = "String 2";
const char string_3[] PROGMEM = "String 3";
const char string_4[] PROGMEM = "String 4";
const char string_5[] PROGMEM = "String 5";


// Then set up a table to refer to your strings.

const char *const string_table[] PROGMEM = {string_0, string_1, string_2, string_3, string_4, string_5};

char buffer[30];  // make sure this is large enough for the largest string it must hold

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  while (!Serial);  // wait for serial port to connect. Needed for native USB
  Serial.println("OK");
}


void loop() {
  /* Using the string table in program memory requires the use of special functions to retrieve the data.
     The strcpy_P function copies a string from program space to a string in RAM ("buffer").
     Make sure your receiving string in RAM  is large enough to hold whatever
     you are retrieving from program space. */


  for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
    strcpy_P(buffer, (char *)pgm_read_word(&(string_table[i])));  // Necessary casts and dereferencing, just copy.
    Serial.println(buffer);
    delay(500);
  }
}

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const char long_str[] PROGMEM = "Hi, I would like to tell you a bit about myself.\n";

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const static char long_str[] PROGMEM = "Hi, I would like to tell you a bit about myself.\n"

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Serial.print("Write something on  the Serial Monitor");

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Serial.print(F("Write something on the Serial Monitor that is stored in FLASH"));