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<h3 class="section">5.2 Giving Symbols Other Values</h3>
<p><a name="index-assigning-values-to-symbols-211"></a><a name="index-symbol-values_002c-assigning-212"></a>A symbol can be given an arbitrary value by writing a symbol, followed
by an equals sign ‘<samp><span class="samp">=</span></samp>’, followed by an expression
(see <a href="Expressions.html#Expressions">Expressions</a>). This is equivalent to using the <code>.set</code>
directive. See <a href="Set.html#Set"><code>.set</code></a>. In the same way, using a double
equals sign ‘<samp><span class="samp">=</span></samp>’‘<samp><span class="samp">=</span></samp>’ here represents an equivalent of the
<code>.eqv</code> directive. See <a href="Eqv.html#Eqv"><code>.eqv</code></a>.
<p>Blackfin does not support symbol assignment with ‘<samp><span class="samp">=</span></samp>’.
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