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7.3.3.3
Note that the operand does not determine whether or not immediate address loads one or two
bytes, this is determined by the setting of the status register. This forces the requirement for a directive or directives
that tell the assembler to generate one or two bytes of space for immediate loads. The directives provided shall allow
separate settings for the accumulator and index registers.
7.3.3.4
The assembler shall use the <, >, and ^ characters after the # character in immediate address
to specify which byte or bytes will be selected from the value of the operand. Any calculations in the operand must be
performed before the byte selection takes place. Table 7-3 defines the action taken by each operand by showing the
effect of the operator on an address. The column that shows a two byte immediate value show the bytes in the order in
which they appear in memory. The coding of the operand is for an assembler which uses 32-bit address calculations,
showing the way that the address should be reduced to a 24-bit value.
Table 7-3 Byte Selection Operator
Operand
#$01020304
#<$01020304
#>$01020304
#^$01020304
One Byte
Result
04
04
03
02
Two Byte
Result
04 03
04 03
03 02
02 01
7.3.3.5
In any location in an operand where an address, or expression resulting in an address, can be
coded, the assembler shall recognize the prefix characters <, |, and >, which force one byte (direct page), two byte
(absolute) or three byte (long absolute) addressing. In cases where the addressing modes is not forced, the assembler shall
assume that the address is two bytes unless the assembler is able to determine the type of addressing required by context,
in which case that addressing mode will be used. Addresses shall be truncated without error in an addressing mode is
forced which does not require the entire value of the address. For example, LDA $0203 and LDA |$010203 are completely
equivalent. If the addressing mode is not forced, and the type of addressing cannot be determined from context, the
assembler shall assume that a two byte address is to be used. If an instruction does not have a short addressing mode (as in
LDA< which has no direct page indexed by Y) and a short address is used in the operand, the assembler shall
automatically extend the address by padding the most significant bytes with zeroes in order to extend the address to the
length needed. As with immediate address, any expression evaluation shall take place before the address is selected; thus,
the address selection character is only used once, before the address of expression.
7.3.3.6
The (!) exclamation point character should be supported as an alternative to the | (vertical
bar).
7.3.3.7
A long indirect address is indicated in the operand field of an instruction field of an
instruction by surrounding the direct page address where the indirect address is found by square brackets; direct page
addresses which contain sixteen-bit addresses are indicated by being surrounded by parentheses.
7.3.4 Comment Field
The comment field may start no sooner than one space after the operation code field or operand field
depending on instruction type.
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