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Current Offset ($) Value

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  Syntax:   $
 
  See also: LENGTHOF, THIS
 
  Description:
 
     Equates to the current value of the location counter (current
     offset address). Equivalent to THIS NEAR.
 
  Example:
 
     title    BYTE     "Space Mutants II"
     level    WORD     0
     hiscore  BYTE     20 DUP (?)
     tablelen EQU      $-title             ;tablelen = 38
 
     In compatibility mode, the current address operator ($) applied to a
     structure returns the offset of the first byte of the structure. When
     OPTION M510 is not enabled, $ returns the offset of the current field in
     the structure.
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