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								This file documents the GNU Assembler "as".
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								Copyright (C) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 2001, 2002,
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								<a name="Dot"></a>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_0029-221"></a><a name="index-_0040code_007b_002e_007d-_0028symbol_0029-222"></a><a name="index-current-address-223"></a><a name="index-location-counter-224"></a>The special symbol <span class="samp">.</span> refers to the current address that
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								<span class="command">as</span> is assembling into.  Thus, the expression <span class="samp">melvin:
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								.long .</span> 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.  Thus, the expression <span class="samp">.=.+4</span> is the same as saying
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								<span class="samp">.space 4</span>.
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