Declares a zero-terminated block of storage for a string.
[label] .asciz "string"
label
Name of the storage block.
string
String value to be stored, in double quotes. The following table lists the escape sequences that this string can contain.
| Sequence | Description |
|---|---|
| \b | Backspace |
| \n | Line feed (ASCII character 10) |
| \r | Return (ASCII character 13) |
| \t | Tab |
| \' | Single quote |
| \" | Double quote |
| \\ | Backslash |
| \nnn | Octal value of \nnn |
| \xnn | Hexadecimal value of nn |
The assembler allocates a byte for each string character. The assembler then allocates an extra byte at the end, initializing this extra byte to zero.