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SPTH

Joined: 24 Jul 2004
Posts: 91

SPTH 04 Dec 2010, 09:28

Hey,
I want to call a macro N times:

Code:

include 'E:\Programme\FASM\INCLUDE\win32ax.inc'

.data

macro SingleFilledTable
{
                dd 26841597
                dd 846459
                dd 1342127453
                dd 18238399
                dd 0x0
                dd 265633831
                dd 294331891
                dd 4036313
}

times 232: SingleFilledTable

start:

        invoke MessageBox, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
        ret

.end start

But this gives me a syntax error. What is the problem and how can it be solved?

Thanks for Help!

04 Dec 2010, 09:28

sinsi

Joined: 10 Aug 2007
Posts: 789
Location: Adelaide

sinsi 04 Dec 2010, 09:34

Don't know why (I don't use macros), but this seems OK

Code:

repeat 232
SingleFilledTable
end repeat

04 Dec 2010, 09:34

Tomasz Grysztar

Joined: 16 Jun 2003
Posts: 8351
Location: Kraków, Poland

Tomasz Grysztar 04 Dec 2010, 10:30

See manual, section 2.3.5 - Repeating macroinstructions.
Note that fasm's preprocessor is a separate language that does its work on the complete source before it is send to assembler module. Therefore TIMES, which is an assembler directive, cannot affect something that is done by preprocessor, like expansion of macro.

04 Dec 2010, 10:30

SPTH

Joined: 24 Jul 2004
Posts: 91

SPTH 04 Dec 2010, 11:56

OK, i understand now. Thanks for the Infos and the Solution!

04 Dec 2010, 11:56

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