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  Syntax: $
 
  Equates to the current value of the location counter (current offset
  address). This operator is frequently used to determine the length of
  strings, as in the following example:
 
  strn   DB  'This is a string'
  strnl  EQU $-strn                 ; strnl is length of strn--current
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