A86: Re: help with 16-bit vars

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A86: Re: help with 16-bit vars

 ld hl,(var)
 push hl
 pop af
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From: JBrett <tbarwick@esn.net>
To: ASM86 Mailing List <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Monday, September 28, 1998 6:54 PM
Subject: A86: help with 16-bit vars

Can anyone tell me how to load a 16-bit variable into af like this:
 
ld af,var
 
var:
    .db 0,0
 
I want it so that a contains the first byte and f contains the second byte.  Is that possible??  Also, why can't I say "ex a,f"??
Thanks,
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