VAX11

 

.ASCII - String declaration

 

A character array is created by translating the ASCII string in the instruction:

 

.ascii     "String inside brackets"

 

 

backslash ('\') followed by a character or combination of characters, translate the sequence to special chars:

 

\n         new-line                       \t  tab

\b         backspace                    \r  carriage return

\\          backslash                     ""  reverse commas

\ddd     byte value in octal notation

\xdd     byte value in hex   notation