The .STRING
pseudo-operation reserves storage for a data area and initializes
it to ASCII values. The .STRINGZ
pseudo-operation reserves storage the same as .STRING,
but appends a zero byte to the data. This creates a C-language-type
string. If the statement is labeled, the label refers to the first
byte of the storage area.
Syntax |
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Parameters |
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- init_value
A sequence of ASCII characters, surrounded by quotation
marks. A string can contain up to 256 characters. The enclosing
quotation marks are not stored.
The following escape sequences can be used to represent characters:
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- \"
Quotation mark
- \0
Null (=\x00;
ASCII NUL)
- \\
Backslash
- \b
Backspace (=\x08;
ASCII BS)
- \f
Form feed (=\x0C;
ASCII FF)
- \n
Newline (=\x0A;
ASCII LF)
- \r
Carriage return (=\x0D;
ASCII CR)
- \t
Tab (=\x09;
ASCII HT)
- \xhh
or \Xhh
Any 8-bit character; hh
is two hexadecimal digits.
Discussion |
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The .STRING
pseudo-operation requests the required number of bytes to store
the string (where each character is stored in a byte). The .STRINGZ
pseudo-operation also requests the required storage for the quoted
string but then appends a zero byte for compatibility with C language
strings.
When you label one of these pseudo-operations, the label refers
to the first byte of the storage area.
Examples |
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This pseudo-operation allocates eight bytes, the first of
which is labeled G.
Then it initializes this area with the characters: A,
space, S,
T, R,
I, N,
and G.
This pseudo-operation allocates eight bytes to hold A STRING,
allocates an additional byte for the appended zero, and associates
the label G with
the first byte of the storage area.
