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14. Integer Formats


  • The data types SBYTE, SWORD, and SDWORD tell the assembler to treat the initializers as signed data.

  • It is important to use these signed types with high-level constructs such as .IF, .WHILE, and .REPEAT, and with PROTO and INVOKE directives.

  • For descriptions of these directives, refer to the sections

    • Loop-Generating Directives

    • Declaring Procedure Prototypes

    • Calling Procedures with INVOKE

    in MASM Programmer's Guide.

  •   integer formats


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