.EQU Directive

The .EQU directive assigns an expression value to an identifier.

Syntax

symbolic_name .EQU value

Parameters

symbolic_name: The name of the identifier to which the Assembler assigns the expression.
value: An integer expression. The Assembler evaluates the expression, which must be absolute, and assigns this value to symbolic_name. If the expression references other identifiers, each identifier must be defined before the .EQU directive attempts to evaluate the expression.




	NOTE: The Assembler prohibits the use of relocatable symbols (instruction labels) and imported symbols as components of an `.EQU` expression.

Example

This is a valid assembly program because the definition of val1 comes before the definition of val2. Reversing the first two statements, however, produces an error condition.

val1 .EQU  0
val2 .EQU  val1+4
     .SPACE $TEXT$
     .SUBSPA $CODE$
     LDW   val1,%r1
     STW   %r1,val2
     .END

.EQU Directive

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