Re: A86: Re: Any TASM directive experts???
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Re: A86: Re: Any TASM directive experts???
In a message dated 1/27/00 8:01:20 PM Mountain Standard Time,
kirkmeyer@bigfoot.com writes:
> If you it will always be a .db of length 4 bytes (i.e. you don't care that
> the number 1 is represented by 32 bits), then it's easy.
>
> #define NUM(x) .db (x)&255,(x/256)&255,(x/65536)&255,(x/16777216)&255
I thought that would probably work...so is there a way so that it *isn't*
always 4 bytes long???
> I think there might be a drawback... I'm not sure that TASM supports 32-bit
> math =/
It supports 32-bit signed arithmetic...
> Your other options is to do BCD: .db $01,$23,$45,$67,$89
Naw, that's a space waster ;)
JayEll
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