Article: Q30500
Product(s): Microsoft Macro Assembler
Version(s): 5.1
Operating System(s):
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Last Modified: 04-MAY-2001
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM), version 5.1
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SUMMARY
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The following sample code will be used to explain segment relative and group
relative:
dgroup GROUP aseg,cseg
ASSUME cs:dgroup,ds:dgroup
aseg SEGMENT public byte 'CODE'
org 100h
start:
data_pointer dw the_data
aseg ends
cseg SEGMENT public byte 'CODE'
the_data label byte
cseg ends
end start
When defining data, fixups are relative to the start of the segment. The variable
data_pointer will have an address relative to the start of the aseg segment. If
you want the variable to have an address relative to the start of the group, you
can explicitly state the offset relative to dgroup as follows.
data_pointer dw offset dgroup:the_data
The exception is when you are using simplified segment directives. In that case,
group relative fixups always are used rather than segment relative.
In code segments, fixups are relative to either segment or group depending on the
ASSUME statements. In other words, the ASSUME STATEMENT is checked before the
fixup is generated. The exception here is the same as above. When using
simplified segment directives, group relative fixups are the default.
The OFFSET operator is segment relative and is discussed further in the following
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q30517 OFFSET Operator Is Segment Relative
Additional query words: 5.10
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Keywords :
Technology : kbMASMsearch kbAudDeveloper kbMASM510
Version : :5.1
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