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### 5.4 The Special Dot Symbol

The special symbol ‘`.`’ refers to the current address that `as` is assembling into. Thus, the expression ‘`melvin: .long .`’ defines `melvin` to contain its own address. Assigning a value to `.` is treated the same as a `.org` directive. Thus, the expression ‘`.=.+4`’ is the same as saying ‘`.space 4`’.