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<h3 class="section">7.92 <code>.struct </code><var>expression</var></h3>

<p><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007bstruct_007d-directive-492"></a>Switch to the absolute section, and set the section offset to <var>expression</var>,
which must be an absolute expression.  You might use this as follows:
<pre class="smallexample">             .struct 0
     field1:
             .struct field1 + 4
     field2:
             .struct field2 + 4
     field3:
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   <p>This would define the symbol <code>field1</code> to have the value 0, the symbol
<code>field2</code> to have the value 4, and the symbol <code>field3</code> to have the
value 8.  Assembly would be left in the absolute section, and you would need to
use a <code>.section</code> directive of some sort to change to some other section
before further assembly.

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