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<h3 class="section">7.109 <code>.struct <var>expression</var></code></h3>

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<p>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:
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<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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