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.REG Directive

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The .REG directive assigns a predefined or user-defined typed-register to a symbol, which becomes a synonym for the typed-register.

Syntax

label .REG [typed_register]

Parameters

label

A user-defined register name.

typed_register

Must be one of the predefined Assembler registers or a previously defined user-defined register name All predefined Assembler registers begin with %.

Example

This example defines the register shift as a synonym for control register eleven. %sar is a predefined synonym for control register eleven, the shift-amount register.

shift   .REG %sar
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