.a. = 1
NC &amp;.a.
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<b>Note</b>: neither of these items may be used an lvalue.  That is,
they may not be used to the left of an equals sign.  But you can always
get around that by clever use of alias synonyms (see <a href="Synonyms.html#AliasSynonyms">Alias Synonyms</a>).
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