You can use the lexical substitution operator at any point in your program to cause the assembler to substitute the value of a lexical string symbol for the name of the symbol. The lexical substitution operator is the percent sign (%). Place the lexical substitution operator to the left and right of the name of the lexical string symbol that you wish to subsitute, as follows: %lexsym_name% For example: HORSES = "All the king's horses" MEN = "all the king's men" .print "%HORSES% and %MEN%" This example defines two lexical string symbols: HORSES and MEN. The third statement displays a message at assembly time. The text of the message specifies that the value of the HORSES and MEN lexical string symbols be substituted as indicated. After lexical processing, the third statement appears as: .print "All the king's horses and all the king's men"