The .WORD
pseudo-operation reserves storage and initializes it to the given
value.
Syntax |
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.WORD [init_value [, init_value]...]
Parameters |
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- init_value
A relocatable or absolute expression, a decimal,
octal, or hexadecimal number, or a sequence of ASCII characters
surrounded by quotation marks. If you omit the initializing value,
the Assembler initializes the area to zero.
Discussion |
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The .WORD
pseudo-operation requests 32 bits of storage. If the location counter
is not properly aligned on a boundary for a data item of that size,
the Assembler advances the location counter to the next multiple
of that item's size before reserving the area.
When you label the pseudo-operation, the label refers to the
first byte of the storage area. Operands separated by commas initialize
successive units of storage.
Example |
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The first pseudo-operation advances the current subspace's
location counter to a word boundary, allocates a word of storage
labeled F and
initializes that word to minus 32 (2's complement). The second pseudo-operation
initializes a word of storage to the hexadecimal number 6EFF1234.
F .WORD -32
.WORD 0X6eff1234 |
