Specifications

Saturn Syntax of Assembler Statements3-
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RADIX
Description The Assemblers default to a base of 10 for integers. This may be changed by
preceding individual numbers with the characters % or $, to change the base for that
integer to binary or hex. Alternatively, the RADIX directive can be used to change
the default base.
Syntax RADIX newbase
Remarks
• Acceptable values for the new base are in the range of 2 to 16.
• Whatever the current default, the operand of the RADIX directive is evaluated to
a decimal base.
• The AN assembler option (see chapter 9) will not be put into effect if the default
RADIX is greater than 10, since the signifiers B and D are used as digits in
hexadecimal notation.
Examples radix 8
sets the default base to OCTAL.