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