Binary into char

/prog/,

I have traveled far and wide to seek your wisdom. I'm currently writing a program in assembly that involves some bit manipulation. Basically what I need to do figure out is how to store binary data into a char (8 bits). For example, how would I store 0000 0001 into a char variable?

Thank you kind /prog/

Okay.. I think I understand what I need to do know. It took me a while to grasp the concept that assembly has no set data types as >>6 was explaining. Thanks /prog/