Assembly Language (cont.)
Directives: tell the assembler what to do...
Format “.”<string> [arg1], [arg2] . . .
Examples
.align n # align datum on 2n byte boundary.
.ascii <string> # store a string in memory.
.asciiz <string> # store a null terminated string in memory
.data [address] # start a data segment.
# [optional begining address]
.text [address] # start a code segment.
.word w1, w2, . . . , wn # store n words in memory.