|How does MPASM interpret the following

|        ADDWF AD12H, 1

|Specifically the AD12H, which is both a valid hexadecimal number, and a
symbol?
|Does it see if it's in the symbol table, and use the number if it's not? Or
|something else?


        As far as I recall, assemblers (in general) will interpret anything
starting with
a character as a string (which could of course be a reserved word, such as
an
assembly mnemonic). Thus, your example would be interpreted as an
identifier.
It is generally required to precede a hexadecimal number with an identifier,

specifically to avoid this ambiguity. This can be 0x, H, or even a zero
(e.g. write
the number as 0AD12H). Let me try it real quick.....

        Ok, as suspected, AD12H is an identifier, and 0AD12H is a number
(out of
range, btw).


Phil Eisermann
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