VAX11

 

.BYTE - Byte assignment

 

Assign a (single) Byte to a value of an Expression, by the instruction:

 

.byte     Expression [,Expression...]

 

A Byte is 8 contiguous bits starting on an addressable byte boundary. The bit are numbered from the right 0 through 7.

 

Range:  unsigned byte      0 .. 255

            signed   byte   -128 .. 127