> I thought I knew how to specify numeric notation in my source,
> now I'm confused :(
>
> This is what I thought
>
>         9       =       Single digit 0-7 don't care
>
>         d'9'    =       Decimal notation
>
>         b'1'    =       Binary notation
>
>         FFh     =       Hex notation
>
>         0xFF    =       Hex notation
>
> I get errors using either HEX notation.

The first hex notation needs to have a leading digit (0FFh)
so the parser can differentiate it from a symbol.  The second
variant follows the C syntax and should work.  See the sample
code in the listing -- all forms generate the same instruction.


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LOC  OBJECT CODE     LINE SOURCE TEXT VALUE

                    00001         list p=16c84, f=inhx8m
                    00002
0000                00003         org     0
0000 30FF           00004         movlw   0xFF
0001 30FF           00005         movlw   d'255'
0002 30FF           00006         movlw   o'377'
0003 30FF           00007         movlw   b'11111111'
0004 30FF           00008         movlw   .255
0005 30FF           00009         movlw   0FFh
                    00010         end

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SYMBOL TABLE
  LABEL                             VALUE

__16C84                           00000001


MEMORY USAGE MAP ('X' = Used,  '-' = Unused)

0000 : XXXXXX---------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------------
0040 : ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------------

All other memory blocks unused.

Program Memory Words Used:     6
Program Memory Words Free:  1018


Errors   :     0
Warnings :     0 reported,     0 suppressed
Messages :     0 reported,     0 suppressed

                                                Lee Jones