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Chapter 3 Assembler Reference
This chapter provides general reference material on the ARM assemblers. It contains
the following sections:
•Command syntax on page3-2
•Format of source lines on page3-8
•Predefined register and coprocessor names on page3-9
•Built-in variables on page3-10
•Symbols on page3-12
•Expressions, literals, and operators on page3-18.
This chapter does not explain how to write ARM assembly language. See Chapter 2
Writing ARM and Thumb Assembly Language for tutorial information.
It also does not describe the instructions, directives, or pseudo-instructions. See the
separate chapters for reference information on these.