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<h3 class="section">5.4 The Special Dot Symbol</h3>
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<p>The special symbol ‘<samp>.</samp>’ refers to the current address that
<code>as</code> is assembling into. Thus, the expression ‘<samp>melvin:
.long .</samp>’ defines <code>melvin</code> to contain its own address.
Assigning a value to <code>.</code> is treated the same as a <code>.org</code>
directive.
Thus, the expression ‘<samp>.=.+4</samp>’ is the same as saying
‘<samp>.space 4</samp>’.
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