Detailed descriptions of all assembler directives

The remainder of the chapter covers the detailed description of all available assembler directives.

• ABSENTRY - Application entry point
  
• ALIGN - Align Location Counter
  
• BASE - Set number base
  
• CLIST - List conditional assembly
  
• DC - Define Constant
  
• DCB - Define Constant Block
  
• DS - Define Space
  
• ELSE - Conditional assembly
  
• END - End assembly
  
• ENDFOR - End of FOR block
  
• ENDIF - End conditional assembly
  
• ENDM - End macro definition
  
• EQU - Equate symbol value
  
• EVEN - Force word alignment
  
• FAIL - Generate Error message
  
• FOR - Repeat assembly block
  
• IF - Conditional assembly
  
• IFcc - Conditional assembly
  
• INCLUDE - Include text from another file
  
• LIST - Enable Listing
  
• LLEN - Set Line Length
  
• LONGEVEN - Forcing Long-Word alignment
  
• MACRO - Begin macro definition
  
• MEXIT - Terminate Macro Expansion
  
• MLIST - List macro expansions
  
• NOLIST - Disable Listing
  
• NOPAGE - Disable Paging
  
• OFFSET - Create absolute symbols
  
• ORG - Set Location Counter
  
• PAGE - Insert Page break
  
• PLEN - Set Page Length
  
• RAD50 - RAD50-encoded string constants
  
• SECTION - Declare Relocatable Section
  
• SET - Set Symbol Value
  
• SPC - Insert Blank Lines
  
• TABS - Set Tab Length
  
• TITLE - Provide Listing Title
  
• XDEF - External Symbol Definition
  
• XREF - External Symbol Reference
  
• XREFB - External Reference for Symbols located on the Direct Page