Syntax

This section describes the syntax of assembly language statements. It consists of these topics:

• Assembly Language Statements
  Types of assembly language statements.
• Statement Syntax
  Syntax of an assembly language statement.
• Symbols
  A symbol is a group of characters that represents a value, such as an address, numeric constant, string constant, or character constant.
• Constants
  Supported constants.
• Expressions
  As different processors use different operators, the assembler uses an expression syntax similar to that of the C language. Expressions use C operators and follow C rules for parentheses and associativity.
• Comments
  Different ways to specify comments.
• Data Alignment
  The assembler's default alignment is on a natural boundary for the data size and for the target processor family.