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<h3 class="section">7.108 <code>.zero </code><var>size</var></h3>

<p><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007bzero_007d-directive-523"></a><a name="index-filling-memory-with-zero-bytes-524"></a>This directive emits <var>size</var> 0-valued bytes.  <var>size</var> must be an absolute
expression.  This directive is actually an alias for the &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">.skip</span></samp>&rsquo; directive
so it can take an optional second argument of the value to store in the bytes
instead of zero.  Using &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">.zero</span></samp>&rsquo; in this way would be confusing however.

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