# `nop`

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**No operation** · Pseudo-instruction

Category: System

Does nothing and moves on to the next instruction.

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

## Forms

- `nop`
  - `nop` → `addi zero, zero, 0`

## Example

```riscv
# nop: this instruction leaves the prepared value unchanged.
.text
li t0, 9
nop
```