.BYTE Pseudo-Operation

The .BYTE pseudo-operation reserves storage and initializes it to the given value.

Syntax

.BYTE [init_value [, init_value]...]

Parameters

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init_value: Either 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

The .BYTE pseudo-operation requests 8 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

The first pseudo-operation allocates a byte labeled E and initializes it to the character [ .

E .BYTE "["

.BYTE Pseudo-Operation

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