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Return Expression Attributes
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  Syntax:   TYPE expression
 
  See also: .TYPE, SIZEOF, LENGTHOF, WIDTH, PTR, MACRO, STRUCT
 
  Description:
 
     The TYPE operator returns a value and size and distance attributes
     appropriate to <expression>. You can use the constant returned by
     TYPE directly or use the attributes returned by TYPE. For example,
     you can use the returned attribute to specify a type for PTR.
 
     <expression>    Returns
 
     Variable        Number of bytes allocated for each element
     Structure       Total number of bytes in the structure
     Constant        0
     Code label      Distance
     Register        Size of register in bytes
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