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SET Command

The following SET commands assign values to a variable:

SET A1,0 
SET A2,10

The variables A1 and A2 are two of four accumulators that are predefined by ACL/E. (For a more detailed discussion of accumulators, see the chapter Using Arithmetic and Logic.) In this program, A1 and A2 control the loop. The first SET statement sets the value of the loop counter A1 to zero (0), while the second sets the maximum loop value A2 to ten (10).