The complement operator (^C) produces the one's complement of the specified value. FORMAT ^Cterm term Any term or expression. If an expression is specified, it must be enclosed in angle brackets. MACRO-64 evaluates the term or expression as an 8-byte value before complementing it. For example: .LONG ^C^XFF ; Produces FFFFFF00 (hex) .LONG ^C25 ; Produces complement of ; 25 (dec) which is ; FFFFFFE6 (hex)