title: how to write octal constants in MIPS (MARS assembler)
body: <p>I would like to specify to MARS that I'm entering an octal number as an immediate operand.</p>
  
  <p>I know that it is possible with Hex-
  Something like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>li  $t0, 0x24    #this is ASCII '$'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is it possible to do the same with Octal?</p>