Dummy Argument Operators

The Assembler macro processor provides for text substitution of arguments during macro expansion. In order to make the argument substitution facility more flexible, the Assembler also recognizes certain text operators within macro definitions which allow for transformations of the argument text. These operators can be used for text concatenation, numeric conversion, and string handling.

The dummy argument operators are:

• Concatenation \
  
  
• Return Value ?
  
  
• Return Hex Value %
  
  
• String Operator "