Texas Instruments TMS320C3 Series, User Manual, Page: 111 / 166

Reserve Space
.space, .fill
6-29 Assembler Directives
Syntax .space
size in words
.fill
size in words, value
Description Two directives reserve space in the current section.
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The .space directive reserves
size number of words in the current section
and fills them with 0s. The SPC is incremented to point to the word follow-
ing the reserved space.
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The .fill directive reserves size number of words in the current section and
fills them with value. The value must be an absolute value. The SPC is in-
cremented to point to the word following the reserved space.
When you use a label with the .space or .fill directive, it points to the first word
reserved.
Example This example shows how the .space and .fill directives reserve memory.
.space 12 ; Fill 12 locations with the value 0x0
.fill 3,0x5555 ; Fill three words with 0x5555
.start ”Mysect”,0x809800 ; Initialize start of Mysect
.sect ”Mysect” ;
.text
.data