Assembly Language Help (alang.hlp) (Table of Contents; Topic list)
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Definition of text item
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     See also: Angle Brackets (<>), Escape Character (!),
               Expression Operator (%)
 
     A text item is any string of characters enclosed in angle brackets
     (<>), an expression preceded by the expression operator (%), or
     the name of a text macro. The expression operator causes the
     assembler to calculate the value of the expression during
     assembly.
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