LZ-Adv: .db's etc.

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LZ-Adv: .db's etc.

THis might be a re-post I have been having mailing problems




On Sun, 20 Oct 1996 15:53:04 -0500 cjo@pobox.com (C.J. Oster) writes:
>>
>>	I have no interest in messing with other people's programs. 
>I'm
>>trying to learn how to use .db's in the program that I am already
>>making. I need to know how to  create a self-modifying string, and I 
>need
>>to know how to store and access .db's for graphics. I hope my 
>question is
>>now clearer.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>.\\ark
>
>
><some code>
>ld hl, SaveMemory
>ld de, (PROGRAM_ADDR)
>add hl, de
><some more code>
>
>SaveMemory:
>   .db "This game is saved",0
>
>the first three lines of code cause hl to contain an address of the
>location the the SaveMem .db in memory.  Then you can ld data into 
>this
>memory address, but keep in mind you are limited to the amout of 
>memory
>taken up by this when the program was compiled.
>
>
>                                     -C.J.-
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Thank you.


This makes complete sense to me, but how do you work with something like
this:


_____________________
Stuff:
.db 56,36,35,36,87,23,87,34,8
--------------------------------------


How do I access each number to change when there isn't a lable in front
of each one?


Thanks.


.\\ark