Scalar Constants

The assembler interprets all scalar constants as twos complement numbers. Scalar constants can be any of the digits 0123456789abcdefABCDEF.

Scalar constants can be one of the following constants:

• Decimal constants. These consist of a sequence of decimal digits (0-9) without a leading zero.
  
  
• Hexadecimal constants. These consist of the characters 0x (or 0X) followed by a sequence of hexadecimal digits.
  
  
• Octal constants. These consist of a leading zero followed by a sequence of octal digits (0-7).