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  Syntax:  OFFSET expression
 
  Returns offset address of expression (usually a variable). The value
  returned by the OFFSET operator is an immediate operand.
 
  If you use simplified segment directives, then the offset of an item
  in one of the near data segments (DATA, STACK, CONST) is calculated
  relative to the beginning of DGROUP, the group containing all these
  segments. If you give full segment definitions, the returned value is
  a memory operand equal to the number of bytes between the item and the
  beginning of the segment in which it is defined.
 
  expression   Any label, variable, or other direct memory operand.
 
   See Also:  : (segment-override)
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