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    Quadword storage directive

    Format

      .QUAD  expression-list

1  –  Parameter

 expression-list

    One or more expressions separated by commas.

2  –  Description

    .QUAD generates 64 bits (8 bytes) of binary data.

3  –  Notes

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

    o  If automatic data alignment is enabled, this directive aligns
       the current location counter to a quadword (64-bit) boundary
       before allocating storage.

4  –  Example

        A:: .QUAD 4
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