You can use integers in any expression, including expressions in operands and in direct assignment statements. FORMAT snn s An optional sign: plus sign (+) for positive numbers (the default), or minus sign (-) for negative numbers. nn A string of numeric characters that is legal for the specified radix. MACRO-64 interprets all integers in the source program as decimal unless the number is preceded by a radix control operator. Integers must be in the range of -263 to +263 -1 for signed data or in the range of 0 to 264 -1 for unsigned data. Negative numbers must be preceded by a minus sign; MACRO-64 translates such numbers into two's complement form. In positive numbers, the plus sign is optional.