Zero-terminated ASCII string storage directive

    Format

      .ASCIZ  quoted-literal

1  –  Parameter

 quoted-literal

    An ASCII string delimited with double quotes.

2  –  Description

    .ASCIZ performs the same function as .ASCII, except that .ASCIZ
    appends a null byte as the final character of the string. When a
    list or text string is created with an .ASCIZ directive, you need
    only perform a search for the null character in the last byte to
    determine the end of the string.

3  –  Notes

    o  You can only use this directive within data or mixed psects
       (psects that have either the NOEXE or MIX attributes).

    o  This directive also accepts VAX MACRO syntax. See the
       VAX MACRO and Instruction Set Reference Manual for details.

4  –  Example

        .ASCIZ "MY STRING"    ; Equivalent to
                              ; .ASCII "MY STRING \x00"