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6.3.6. DCD and DCDU

The DCD directive allocates one or more words of memory, aligned on 4-byte boundaries, and defines the initial runtime contents of the memory.

& is a synonym for DCD.

DCDU is the same, except that the memory alignment is arbitrary.

Syntax

{label} DCD{U} expr{,expr}

where:

expr

is either:

Usage

DCD inserts up to threebytes of padding before the first defined word, if necessary, to achieve four-byte alignment.

Use DCDU if you do not require alignment.

See also:

Examples

data1   DCD     1,5,20      ; Defines 3 words containing
                            ; decimal values 1, 5, and 20

data2   DCD     mem06 + 4   ; Defines 1 word containing 4 +
                            ; the address of the label mem06

        AREA    MyData, DATA, READWRITE
        DCB     255         ; Now misaligned ...
data3   DCDU    1,5,20      ; Defines 3 words containing
                            ; 1, 5 and 20, not word aligned
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