EQU Assembler Statement

Arguments	symbol EQU expression
Description	The EQU statement creates a new symbol named symbol with the value of the expression. Symbols created with EQU may not be redefined. The expression may be a register name or a simple relocatable expression with no forward references. Symbols defined with EQU may be used anywhere in operands, addresses, or expressions. Symbols defined as registers may be used anywhere a register is allowed. If a symbol defined with EQU is made GLOBAL or PUBLIC, the expression must evaluate to a constant. Exported symbols include a name and a value but may not include fix-up methods.
See Also	GLOBAL, LIT, PUBLIC, SET
Example	VAL EQU 45+3 ; Simple definition PUBLIC VAL ; Public definition REG1 EQU R1 ; Register symbol definition VAR EQU PUTCHAR ; Relocatable symbol definition