Related commands and options

This code includes constants that are both in decimal and in hex. It is also possible to specify constants in octal, binary, or with an ASCII character.

• To specify decimal constants, simply write the number.

• To specify hexadecimal constants, put a $ in front.

• To specify octal constants, put a 0 (zero) in front.

• To specify binary constants, put a % in front.

• To specify ASCII constants, put an apostrophe in front.

Example: 65 = $41 = 0101 = %1000001 = 'A

There are other commands besides .byte and .word to specify data. In particular, the .dword command specifies four-byte values which some applications will find useful. Also, some linking formats (such as the SID format) have header data in big-endian (high byte first) format. The .wordbe and .dwordbe directives provide a way to specify multibyte constants in big-endian formats cleanly.