# `la`

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**Load address** · Pseudo-instruction

Category: Data movement

Loads the address of label into a register.

[RISC-V manual: auipc](https://docs.riscv.org/reference/isa/v20260120/unpriv/rv32.html#norm:auipc_op)

Used in: [.data, .text and directives](https://asm-editor.specy.app/learn/courses/risc-v/introduction/data-text-and-directives.md) (RISC-V assembly), [Going 64-bit](https://asm-editor.specy.app/learn/courses/risc-v/introduction/going-64-bit.md) (RISC-V assembly), [Memory regions and executable files](https://asm-editor.specy.app/learn/courses/risc-v/introduction/memory-regions-and-executable-files.md) (RISC-V assembly), [if, else and jump tables](https://asm-editor.specy.app/learn/courses/risc-v/think-in-assembly/if-else-and-jump-tables.md) (RISC-V assembly), [Loops](https://asm-editor.specy.app/learn/courses/risc-v/think-in-assembly/loops.md) (RISC-V assembly), [Arrays and strings](https://asm-editor.specy.app/learn/courses/risc-v/think-in-assembly/arrays-and-strings.md) (RISC-V assembly), [Floating point and the F and D extensions](https://asm-editor.specy.app/learn/courses/risc-v/think-in-assembly/floating-point-and-the-f-and-d-extensions.md) (RISC-V assembly), [ecall](https://asm-editor.specy.app/learn/courses/risc-v/talking-to-the-outside-world/ecall.md) (RISC-V assembly), [The bitmap display and the keyboard registers](https://asm-editor.specy.app/learn/courses/risc-v/talking-to-the-outside-world/the-bitmap-display-and-the-keyboard.md) (RISC-V assembly), [When an instruction cannot be carried out](https://asm-editor.specy.app/learn/courses/risc-v/talking-to-the-outside-world/exceptions.md) (RISC-V assembly)

## Forms

- `la t1, label`
  - `la t1,label` → `auipc t1, pcrel_hi(label)`; `addi t1, t1, pcrel_lo(label)`

## Operands

- `t1`: Any integer register, `x0` to `x31`, or its named alias, such as `zero`, `t0` or `t6`.
- `label`: A named address in the program, such as the start of a loop or a variable in `.data`.

## Example

```riscv
# la writes 0x10010000 to t0 (marker is at data address 0x10010000).
.data
marker: .word 17
.text
la t0, marker
```