Re: A85: Programming question
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Re: A85: Programming question
On Wed, 19 Nov 1997 17:52:04 -0500, you wrote:
>>I've got a question for all you gurus on this list. It's for a game (not
>>shell) that I'm programming.
>>
>>What's the best way of doing something like this:
>>
>> ld c, (hl + a)
>>
>>In other words, I want to be able to have some sequence of statements in a
>>loop where I could increment a and automatically be pointing to the next
>>memory location. Is something like this possible?
>
> ld e,a
> ld d,0
> add hl,de
> ld c, (hl)
>
>-Zico Kolter
>
Doing it this was would be pretty slow, but depending on your needs,
it may be necessary. a more efficient way would be to just save hl
with a push, increment hl (inc hl), and then restore hl with a pop.
Of course this works if you want to add a small number like 1 or 2 to
hl.
-mike pearce
mgp4007@omega.uta.edu
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