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| <h3 class="section">7.79 <code>.set <var>symbol</var>, <var>expression</var></code></h3> |
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| <p>Set the value of <var>symbol</var> to <var>expression</var>. This |
| changes <var>symbol</var>’s value and type to conform to |
| <var>expression</var>. If <var>symbol</var> was flagged as external, it remains |
| flagged (see <a href="Symbol-Attributes.html#Symbol-Attributes">Symbol Attributes</a>). |
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| <p>You may <code>.set</code> a symbol many times in the same assembly provided that the |
| values given to the symbol are constants. Values that are based on expressions |
| involving other symbols are allowed, but some targets may restrict this to only |
| being done once per assembly. This is because those targets do not set the |
| addresses of symbols at assembly time, but rather delay the assignment until a |
| final link is performed. This allows the linker a chance to change the code in |
| the files, changing the location of, and the relative distance between, various |
| different symbols. |
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| <p>If you <code>.set</code> a global symbol, the value stored in the object |
| file is the last value stored into it. |
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| <p>On Z80 <code>set</code> is a real instruction, use |
| ‘<samp><var>symbol</var> defl <var>expression</var></samp>’ instead. |
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