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  Syntax:   "text"
 
            'text'
 
  See also: Angle Brackets (<>), Text Item
 
  Description:
 
     Treats <text> as a string. You can use single or double quotation
     marks, but the quotation marks on both sides of <text> must be
     identical. A string can be up to 255 characters long and must be
     on a single physical line. You can use a quotation mark inside a
     string by repeating it twice in a row ("" or ''). The left-hand
     single quotation mark (`) is not allowed as a delimiter.
 
  Example:
 
     quote1      BYTE     "This was called by 'int 23h'"
     quote2      BYTE     'This was called by "int 23h"'
     quote3      BYTE     "Use the ""ASSUME"" directive"
     quote4      BYTE     'Use the ''ASSUME'' directive'
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