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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>xAsm DB, DW</TITLE> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../style.css"> </HEAD> <BODY> <I><H2>DB<BR> DW </H2></I> <HR> <P>DB defines a list of bytes that will be stored in the final image. Ideal for tables and text.<BR> <BR> <TABLE BORDER=0 BGCOLOR="Black" CELLPADDING=8 WIDTH="50%"> <TR> <TD><FONT COLOR="#00FF00"> <PRE>DB 1,2,3,4,"This is a string"</PRE> </FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P>Alternatively you can use <B>DW</B> to store a list of words. Strings are not allowed as arguments to DW. <P>You can also use DB and DW without arguments. This works exactly like "DS 1" and "DS 2" respectively. Consequently DB and DW can be used in a BSS/HRAM/VRAM section. <H3>See also:</H3> <UL> <LI><A HREF="expr_int.htm">Integer and Boolean expressions</A> <LI><A HREF="expr_fix.htm">Fixed-point expressions and functions</A> <LI><A HREF="expr_str.htm">String expressions, functions and formatting</A> <LI><A HREF="ds.htm">Declaring variables in a BSS section</A> <LI><A HREF="miscfunc.htm">Other functions</A> </UL> <BR><HR> <FONT SIZE="-1"><I><P ALIGN=RIGHT>Last updated 02 July 1997 by <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">Carsten Sorensen</A></P></I></FONT>