DUP Is a Reserved Word in MASM

ID Number: Q39527

5.10 | 5.10

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Summary:

The table of reserved words in MASM on Page 69 of the "Microsoft Macro

Assembler Programmer's Guide" does not include DUP. DUP is an operator

for defining arrays, buffers and other data structures consisting of

multiple data objects of the same size. DUP cannot be used as a

variable. For example, the following statement allocates the string

"Test " five times for a total of 20 bytes:

DB 5 DUP ("Test ")