The assembly process can be controlled by assembler directives. The assembler interprets the assembler directives instead of translating them into machine instructions. The assembler supports the following directives:
Directive |
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Assemble the subsequent source statements starting at the specified address, Examples:
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Store the specified 1-byte constant Examples:
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Store the specified 2-byte constant Examples:
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The assembler also supports jump to lables of the form label_name: (notice the : after the label name). The labels are not case censetive.
Example:
JMP MyLabel
....
MyLabel: ....