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<title>Dot - Using as</title>
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This file documents the GNU Assembler "as".
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Copyright (C) 1991-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3
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or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
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section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License''.
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<a name="Dot"></a>
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<p>
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Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="Symbol-Attributes.html#Symbol-Attributes">Symbol Attributes</a>,
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Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="Symbol-Names.html#Symbol-Names">Symbol Names</a>,
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<h3 class="section">5.4 The Special Dot Symbol</h3>
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<p><a name="index-dot-_0028symbol_0029-223"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007b_002e_007d-_0028symbol_0029-224"></a><a name="index-current-address-225"></a><a name="index-location-counter-226"></a>The special symbol ‘<samp><span class="samp">.</span></samp>’ refers to the current address that
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<samp><span class="command">as</span></samp> is assembling into. Thus, the expression ‘<samp><span class="samp">melvin:
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.long .</span></samp>’ defines <code>melvin</code> to contain its own address.
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Assigning a value to <code>.</code> is treated the same as a <code>.org</code>
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directive.
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Thus, the expression ‘<samp><span class="samp">.=.+4</span></samp>’ is the same as saying
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‘<samp><span class="samp">.space 4</span></samp>’.
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