Article ID: 106403
Article Last Modified on 10/13/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Macro Assembler 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Macro Assembler 6.0a
- Microsoft Macro Assembler 6.0b
This article was previously published under Q106403
SYMPTOMS
The DUP operator must be preceded by white space. The number of items and the DUP operator must be separated by spaces or tabs. In MASM 6.0, no error message is given, but space for only one data item is allocated if the white space is missing. MASM 6.1 and later issue the error message:
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in MASM versions 6.0x. The problem was corrected in MASM 6.1.
Sample Code
; Assemble options needed: /Fl ; View the listing file to see the error in MASM 6.0 for data item b .MODEL SMALL .STACK .DATA a db 4 dup(0) size_a db SIZEOF a b db 4dup(?) ; A2206 here in MASM 6.1 size_b db SIZEOF b .CODE start: mov ax,4C00H int 21H ;Terminate Process END start
Additional query words: 6.00 6.00a 6.00b buglist6.00 buglist6.00a buglist6.00b fixlist6.10
Keywords: kbfix KB106403