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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><code><var>symbol</var> = <var>expression</var> ;</code></dt>
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<dt><code><var>symbol</var> += <var>expression</var> ;</code></dt>
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<dt><code><var>symbol</var> -= <var>expression</var> ;</code></dt>
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<dt><code><var>symbol</var> *= <var>expression</var> ;</code></dt>
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<dt><code><var>symbol</var> /= <var>expression</var> ;</code></dt>
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<dt><code><var>symbol</var> <<= <var>expression</var> ;</code></dt>
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<dt><code><var>symbol</var> >>= <var>expression</var> ;</code></dt>
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<dt><code><var>symbol</var> &= <var>expression</var> ;</code></dt>
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<dt><code><var>symbol</var> |= <var>expression</var> ;</code></dt>
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<p>The first case will define <var>symbol</var> to the value of
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<var>expression</var>. In the other cases, <var>symbol</var> must already be
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defined, and the value will be adjusted accordingly.
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<p>The special symbol name ‘<samp>.</samp>’ indicates the location counter. You
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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
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statements within a <code>SECTIONS</code> command, or as part of an output
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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
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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
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assignments may be used:
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<pre class="smallexample">floating_point = 0;
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SECTIONS
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{
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.text :
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{
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*(.text)
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_etext = .;
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_bdata = (. + 3) & ~ 3;
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.data : { *(.data) }
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<p>In this example, the symbol ‘<samp>floating_point</samp>’ will be defined as
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zero. The symbol ‘<samp>_etext</samp>’ will be defined as the address following
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the last ‘<samp>.text</samp>’ input section. The symbol ‘<samp>_bdata</samp>’ will be
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