Assembly message directive

    Format

      .PRINT  quoted-literal

1  –  Parameter

 quoted-literal

    The string of characters enclosed in quotes are displayed when
    encountered during assembly.

2  –  Description

    .PRINT causes the assembler to display an informational message.
    The message consists of the string.

3  –  Notes

    o  .PRINT, .WARN, and .ERROR are directives that display
       messages. You can use these to display information indicating
       unexpected or important conditions within the assembly.

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

4  –  Example

        .PRINT "Questionable usage"
        ^
        %MACRO64-I-GENPRINT, Generated PRINT: Questionable usage
        at line number 3 in file DISK$:[TEST]PRINT.M64;2