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>LWASM accepts plain text files in a relatively free form. It can handle
lines terminated with CR, LF, CRLF, or LFCR which means it should be able
to assemble files on any platform on which it compiles.</P
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>Each line may start with a symbol. If a symbol is present, there must not
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>The op code is separated from the symbol by whitespace. If there is
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> It is important to note that operands cannot contain any whitespace
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operand column and the comment.  This behaviour is required for approximate
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>A comment can also be introduced with a * or a ;. The comment character is
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>For compatibility with the output generated by some C preprocessors, LWASM
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>The opcode is not treated case sensitively. Neither are register names in
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> As of version 2.6, LWASM supports files with line numbers.  If line
numbers are present, the line must start with a digit.  The line number
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author	William Astle <lost@l-w.ca>
date	Thu, 21 Dec 2023 22:16:12 -0700
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