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| <h4 class="subsection">3.5.1 Simple Assignments</h4> |
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| <p>You may assign to a symbol using any of the C assignment operators: |
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| <dt><var>symbol</var><code> = </code><var>expression</var><code> ;</code><dt><var>symbol</var><code> += </code><var>expression</var><code> ;</code><dt><var>symbol</var><code> -= </code><var>expression</var><code> ;</code><dt><var>symbol</var><code> *= </code><var>expression</var><code> ;</code><dt><var>symbol</var><code> /= </code><var>expression</var><code> ;</code><dt><var>symbol</var><code> <<= </code><var>expression</var><code> ;</code><dt><var>symbol</var><code> >>= </code><var>expression</var><code> ;</code><dt><var>symbol</var><code> &= </code><var>expression</var><code> ;</code><dt><var>symbol</var><code> |= </code><var>expression</var><code> ;</code><dd></dl> |
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| <p>The first case will define <var>symbol</var> to the value of |
| <var>expression</var>. In the other cases, <var>symbol</var> must already be |
| defined, and the value will be adjusted accordingly. |
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| <p>The special symbol name ‘<samp><span class="samp">.</span></samp>’ indicates the location counter. You |
| may only use this within a <code>SECTIONS</code> command. See <a href="Location-Counter.html#Location-Counter">Location Counter</a>. |
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| <p>The semicolon after <var>expression</var> is required. |
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| <p>Expressions are defined below; see <a href="Expressions.html#Expressions">Expressions</a>. |
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| <p>You may write symbol assignments as commands in their own right, or as |
| statements within a <code>SECTIONS</code> command, or as part of an output |
| section description in a <code>SECTIONS</code> command. |
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| <p>The section of the symbol will be set from the section of the |
| expression; for more information, see <a href="Expression-Section.html#Expression-Section">Expression Section</a>. |
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| <p>Here is an example showing the three different places that symbol |
| assignments may be used: |
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| <pre class="smallexample"> floating_point = 0; |
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| { |
| .text : |
| { |
| *(.text) |
| _etext = .; |
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| _bdata = (. + 3) & ~ 3; |
| .data : { *(.data) } |
| } |
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| <p class="noindent">In this example, the symbol ‘<samp><span class="samp">floating_point</span></samp>’ will be defined as |
| zero. The symbol ‘<samp><span class="samp">_etext</span></samp>’ will be defined as the address following |
| the last ‘<samp><span class="samp">.text</span></samp>’ input section. The symbol ‘<samp><span class="samp">_bdata</span></samp>’ will be |
| defined as the address following the ‘<samp><span class="samp">.text</span></samp>’ output section aligned |
| upward to a 4 byte boundary. |
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