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Labels

Labels are the basis of all flow-control in an assembly-language program. They associate an offset in the code segment with a symbol which can be referred to in jump instructions. There are no high-level control structures in assembly such as while loops or for loops; instead everything must be done through unconditional jumps, tests, and conditional jumps. The argument of a jump instruction is usually given as a label (although masochists and users of the ROM-resident mini-assembler in the Apple ][ give these as hexadecimal numbers).

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