What is forward reference in one pass assembler?

When one pass assembler constructing the object code, if it finds usage of the variables before the declaration then forward reference problem will occur.

To avoid forward reference problem:

i) Declare the symbols before using it

ii) Use more than one pass assembler(multi pass assembler)

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A forward reference occurs when a label is used as an operand, for example as a branch target, earlier in the code than the definition of the label. The assembler cannot know the address of the forward reference label until it reads the definition of the label.

Example of Forward Reference :

In above example a is used before declaration so it will create the problem of forward reference.

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Pass1: assign addresses to all symbol

Pass2: generate object code in order to solve

the problem of forward reference

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