Reference Guide

62 Chapter 4
Assembler Directives and Pseudo-Operations
.BYTE Pseudo-Operation
.BYTE Pseudo-Operation
The .BYTE pseudo-operation reserves storage and initializes it to the
given value.
Syntax
.BYTE [ init_value[ , init_value] ...]
Parameters
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 "["