Days_Of_The_Week: DC.L Sunday,Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday,Saturday Sunday: DC.B "Sunday",0 EVEN ;conditionally aligns to a 2-byte boundary if the data isn't aligned already Monday: DC.B "Monday",0 EVEN Tuesday: DC.B "Tuesday",0 EVEN Wednesday: DC.B "Wednesday",0 EVEN Thursday: DC.B "Thursday",0 EVEN Friday: DC.B "Friday",0 EVEN Saturday: DC.B "Saturday",0 EVEN ;In this example, load Thursday. LEA Days_Of_The_Week,A0 ;load base address of table into A0 MOVE.W #4,D0 ;Thursday's index LSL.W #2,D0 ;multiply by 4 since each pointer is 32-bit LEA (A0,D0),A1 ;load table offset by D0 into A1 MOVE.L (A1),A1 ;dereference the pointer, now the address of "Thursday" is in A1. MOVE.B (A1)+,D1 ;Load the "T" of Thursday into D1, auto-increment to next letter for the next load.