Article: Q75276
Product(s): Microsoft Macro Assembler
Version(s): MS-DOS:6.0,6.0a,6.0b
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Last Modified: 06-MAY-2001
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM), versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0b
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SUMMARY
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With the release of the Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM) version 6.0, the OFFSET
operator applied to a segment name now returns the end of the segment relative
to the start of the segment.
This is a change from MASM versions 5.x where "OFFSET segname" will return the
beginning of the segment if it is declared class 'CODE'. If the segment is
declared of some other class, "OFFSET segname" will return either the end of the
segment relative to the beginning of a segment if full segment definitions are
used, or the end of the segment relative to the start of the group the segment
was contained in if simplified directives are used.
MORE INFORMATION
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As part of defining the BNF for MASM 6.0, an attempt was made to remove any
ambiguities in the language. This is one of those changes. In MASM 6.0, "OFFSET
segname" will always return the end of the segment unless an explicit group or
segment override is provided.
For example,
_DATA segment para PUBLIC 'data'
db dup 100 ( )
_DATA ends
STACK segment para STACK 'stack'
db dup 100 (?)
STACK ends
DGROUP group _DATA, STACK
TEXT segment para 'CODE'
ORG 100
mov sp, OFFSET STACK ; mov's 100 into sp
mov sp, OFFSET DGROUP:STACK ; mov's 200 into sp
mov ax, OFFSET TEXT ; mov's size of TEXT into AX
mov ax, OFFSET TEXT:0 ; mov's start of TEXT into AX
For more information on the OFFSET operator, see the online Help.
Additional query words: kbinf 6.00 6.00a 6.00b
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Keywords :
Technology : kbMASMsearch kbAudDeveloper kbMASM600 kbMASM600a kbMASM600b
Version : MS-DOS:6.0,6.0a,6.0b
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