<html lang="en"> <head> <title>Alpha Syntax - Using as</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"> <meta name="description" content="Using as"> <meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.7"> <link title="Top" rel="start" href="index.html#Top"> <link rel="up" href="Alpha_002dDependent.html#Alpha_002dDependent" title="Alpha-Dependent"> <link rel="prev" href="Alpha-Options.html#Alpha-Options" title="Alpha Options"> <link rel="next" href="Alpha-Floating-Point.html#Alpha-Floating-Point" title="Alpha Floating Point"> <link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/" rel="generator-home" title="Texinfo Homepage"> <!-- This file documents the GNU Assembler "as". Copyright (C) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License''. man end--> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> <style type="text/css"><!-- pre.display { font-family:inherit } pre.format { font-family:inherit } pre.smalldisplay { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallformat { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallexample { font-size:smaller } pre.smalllisp { font-size:smaller } span.sc { font-variant:small-caps } span.roman { font-family: serif; font-weight: normal; } --></style> </head> <body> <div class="node"> <p> <a name="Alpha-Syntax"></a>Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="Alpha-Floating-Point.html#Alpha-Floating-Point">Alpha Floating Point</a>, Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="Alpha-Options.html#Alpha-Options">Alpha Options</a>, Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="Alpha_002dDependent.html#Alpha_002dDependent">Alpha-Dependent</a> <hr><br> </div> <h4 class="subsection">9.1.3 Syntax</h4> <p>The assembler syntax closely follow the Alpha Reference Manual; assembler directives and general syntax closely follow the OSF/1 and OpenVMS syntax, with a few differences for ELF. <ul class="menu"> <li><a accesskey="1" href="Alpha_002dChars.html#Alpha_002dChars">Alpha-Chars</a>: Special Characters <li><a accesskey="2" href="Alpha_002dRegs.html#Alpha_002dRegs">Alpha-Regs</a>: Register Names <li><a accesskey="3" href="Alpha_002dRelocs.html#Alpha_002dRelocs">Alpha-Relocs</a>: Relocations </ul> </body></html>