äI)
Assembler directives
äSpecial
instructions to assembler
äEx:
äHow to create and structure a program (type of processor, for ex:
80186, 80286,.....)
äConditional
assembly
äIFDEF
Test
ä;
process these assembly language statements
äELSE
ä;
process these assembly language statements
äENDIF
äHow
to structure the resulting support files (listings, cross reference files,
etc...
äSometimes directives exist for high level statements
äWhile
while_expression
ämacro_body
äENDM