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<h3 class="section">5.5 Symbol Attributes</h3>
<p><a name="index-symbol-attributes-225"></a><a name="index-attributes_002c-symbol-226"></a>Every symbol has, as well as its name, the attributes &ldquo;Value&rdquo; and
&ldquo;Type&rdquo;. Depending on output format, symbols can also have auxiliary
attributes.
<p>If you use a symbol without defining it, <samp><span class="command">as</span></samp> assumes zero for
all these attributes, and probably won't warn you. This makes the
symbol an externally defined symbol, which is generally what you
would want.
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<li><a accesskey="1" href="Symbol-Value.html#Symbol-Value">Symbol Value</a>: Value
<li><a accesskey="2" href="Symbol-Type.html#Symbol-Type">Symbol Type</a>: Type
<li><a accesskey="3" href="a_002eout-Symbols.html#a_002eout-Symbols">a.out Symbols</a>: Symbol Attributes: <code>a.out</code>
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