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ASSEMBLER DIRECTIVES->Other Assembler Directives->DS Define Storage
DS is the define storage directive used to reserve locations in memory for specific purposes. The DS directive allocates a specified number of bytes depending on the size specification as follows:
Size Specification | Bytes Reserved |
Byte (.B) | 1 |
Word (.W) | 2 |
Long word (.L) | 4 |
DS.B | <expression> | <comment> |
DS.W | <expression> | <comment> |
DS.L | <expression> | <comment> |
DS | <expression> | <comment> |