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  Syntax:   <text>
 
  See also: Greater Than/Less Than (</>), EQU, TEXTEQU, FOR,
            FORC, Escape Character (!), Quotation Marks, Text Item
 
  Description:
 
     Treats <text> as a single literal string.
 
     Angle brackets are often used in macro calls and with the FOR
     directive to ensure that values in a parameter list are treated as
     a single parameter. For example,
 
       MyMacro   <one, two, three>       ;Passes one argument to
                                         ;MyMacro
 
       MyMacro   one, two, three         ;Passes three arguments to
                                         ;MyMacro
 
     The assembler removes one set of angle brackets each time it
     inserts an argument into a macro expansion.
 
     The <text> is any name, number, or expression. It can contain
     commas, spaces, tabs, or semicolons. The exclamation point (!) is
     an escape character that allows you to include special characters
     such as the semicolon, ampersand, and quotation marks.
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