Byron A Jeff wrote:

>> Note:  I don't want to use the write to and read from program memory
>> capabilities of the PIC16F877 because that would just cause more code
>> to be writen and hence more program memory occupied.

> Well you can't really have it both ways.

  Said it in one!

>>  Something like the const expression which stores values in ROM is
>> what I'm looking for.

  I see the problem.  Read Program Memory is most certainly how you get
the data *out* of the memory again, but how do you *code* it into the
program.  The "DB" or whatever shoves it into RETLWs.

  It's an *assembler syntax* question, not a coding one, if that makes
sense.  I don't know the answer.   If necessary, I would fiddle the
object files to get the job done, but is there an easy way provided?
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  Cheers,
        Paul B.