integer An integer in the range 0 to 9. The location counter is aligned at an address that is the value of 2 raised to the power of the integer. keyword One of five keywords that specify the alignment boundary. The location counter is aligned to an address that is the next multiple of the following values: Keyword Size (in Bytes) BYTE 20= 1 WORD 21= 2 LONG 22= 4 QUAD 23= 8 OCTA 24= 16 [,fill-specifier] Any expression that resolves to an assembly-time integer value containing no forward references. The filling is done per byte, regardless of the alignment. If the value you specify is not in the range of 0 to 255, the assembler issues a diagnostic message and truncates the value.