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<lang 360asm> COPY member</lang>
=={{header|6502 Assembly}}==
There are two different directives for including files: <code>include</code> and <code>incbin</code>. <code>include</code> is for assembly code
For this example, the file "foo.txt" is a file containing only the following: <code>RTS</code>
<lang 6502asm>;main.asm
org $8000
include "foo.txt"
;eof</lang>
A hexdump of the resulting machine code would look like this:
<pre>
HEXDUMP OF
$8000: 60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 `.......
</pre>
Now compare it to the following:
<lang 6502asm>;main.asm
org $8000
incbin "foo.txt"
;eof</lang>
<pre>
HEXDUMP OF
$8000: 52 54 53 00 00 00 00 00 RTS.....
</pre>
As you can see, when <code>incbin</code> was used the assembler made no attempt to translate the assembly mnemonic into machine instructions.
Unlike high-level languages, the location of the <code>include</code> or <code>incbin</code> statement matters. This of course depends on the assembler, but generally speaking, there are a few limitations:
* If you <code>include</code> a macro <i>after</i> that macro is used in your source code, the assembler may raise an error message. If your macros are always before your code this isn't a problem.
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include "math.asm"
;eof</lang>
=={{header|AArch64 Assembly}}==
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