Motorola HC12 - page 171

Assembler Directives
DC — Define Constant
MCUez HC12 Assembler User’s Manual
MOTOROLA Assembler Directives 171
Example for DC.L:
000000 0000 0041 Label: DC.L "ABCDE"
000004 4243 4445
000008 0000 000A DC.L %1010, @12, 1, $A
00000C 0000 000A
000010 0000 0001
000014 0000 000A
000018 xxxx xxxx DC.L Label
If the value in an operand expression exceeds the size of the
operand, the value is truncated and a warning message is
generated.