Directives Reference
ARM DUI 0068B Copyright © 2000, 2001 ARM Limited. All r ights reserved. 7-5
Examples
Example7-1 declares a variable
objectsize
, sets the value of
objectsize
to
0xFF
, and
then uses it later in a SPACE directive.
Example7-1
GBLA objectsize ; declare the variable name
objectsize SETA 0xFF ; set its value
.
. ; other code
.
SPACE objectsize ; quote the variable
Example7-2 shows how to declare and set a variable when you invoke
armasm
. Use this
when you need to set the value of a variable at assembly time.
-pd
is a synonym for
-predefine
.
Example7-2
armasm -pd "objectsize SETA 0xFF" -o objectfile sourcefile