Using binary numeric constants in MIPS asm source code?

Question

On the process of learning Assembly i got one question

If i do the following:

la  $a1, 0x3f

The number 63 is loaded into a1.

And if I use a constant without a leading 0x it's decimal, giving the same result:

la  $a1, 63

But how can I handle binary? Lets say

la  $a1, 00111111

How can MIPS understand that 00111111 is the number 63 in binary?

Kevin Coffey · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-22 18:32:57Z

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Binary literal constants are not typically supported. What assembler are you using? If it supports C style preprocessing, there are several options available.

Here is one example.

answered Mar 22, 2012 at 18:32

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