Re: LZ: how are .dw's different from .db's


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Re: LZ: how are .dw's different from .db's



Mark D Lippmann wrote:
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> What's the difference between .dw's and .db's


.dw stores words and .db stores bytes. Words are good when storing
pointers or maybe sprites that are 16 bits wide. db is most often
used since most important things fit in one byte. Strings are stored
in .db since one character in the string is one byte.


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