<html lang="en"> <head> <title>Meta-Chars - Using as</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"> <meta name="description" content="Using as"> <meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.13"> <link title="Top" rel="start" href="index.html#Top"> <link rel="up" href="Meta-Syntax.html#Meta-Syntax" title="Meta Syntax"> <link rel="next" href="Meta_002dRegs.html#Meta_002dRegs" title="Meta-Regs"> <link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/" rel="generator-home" title="Texinfo Homepage"> <!-- This file documents the GNU Assembler "as". Copyright (C) 1991-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License''. --> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> <style type="text/css"><!-- pre.display { font-family:inherit } pre.format { font-family:inherit } pre.smalldisplay { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallformat { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallexample { font-size:smaller } pre.smalllisp { font-size:smaller } span.sc { font-variant:small-caps } span.roman { font-family:serif; font-weight:normal; } span.sansserif { font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal; } --></style> </head> <body> <div class="node"> <a name="Meta-Chars"></a> <a name="Meta_002dChars"></a> <p> Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="Meta_002dRegs.html#Meta_002dRegs">Meta-Regs</a>, Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="Meta-Syntax.html#Meta-Syntax">Meta Syntax</a> <hr> </div> <h5 class="subsubsection">9.25.2.1 Special Characters</h5> <p><a name="index-line-comment-character_002c-Meta-1453"></a><a name="index-Meta-line-comment-character-1454"></a>‘<samp><span class="samp">!</span></samp>’ is the line comment character. <p><a name="index-line-separator_002c-Meta-1455"></a><a name="index-statement-separator_002c-Meta-1456"></a><a name="index-Meta-line-separator-1457"></a>You can use ‘<samp><span class="samp">;</span></samp>’ instead of a newline to separate statements. <p><a name="index-symbol-names_002c-_0040samp_007b_0024_007d-in-1458"></a><a name="index-g_t_0040code_007b_0024_007d-in-symbol-names-1459"></a>Since ‘<samp><span class="samp">$</span></samp>’ has no special meaning, you may use it in symbol names. </body></html>