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wishmaster



Joined: 25 Aug 2004
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wishmaster 09 Oct 2004, 12:50
Hi, i have a problem with "if". I want to use if on a value from a variable:

Code:
abc db 5
.....
if [abc] > 6
end if
......
    


But that doesnt work: error: invalid value.

I hope somebody can help me.
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crc



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crc 09 Oct 2004, 13:04
IF is processed before the assembly takes place. I don't think that you can check the value of a variable at the preprocessing stage.
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wishmaster



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wishmaster 09 Oct 2004, 13:14
Is there a way to check the value of a variable ? TASM supports that.
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Matrix



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Matrix 09 Oct 2004, 13:34
Smile
don't use post processor for that

Code:
; you can say this is a character table writer program,
; but its destination is to demonstrate using a simple variable in FASM
; MATRIX
; oh, i have discovered it is 32 bytes Smile
org 256

and word [testvar],0
mov ax,$b800
push es
mov es,ax

mov ah,$07
mainloop:
stosw
inc word [testvar]
mov al,byte [testvar]
cmp word [testvar],255
jb mainloop ; if [testvar] <= 50 then goto mainloop

pop es
int 20h

testvar: rw 1
    


MATRIX
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crc



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crc 09 Oct 2004, 13:50
I think you could do something like:

Code:
abc_value = 5
abc db abc_value

if abc_value < 6
. . .
then
    


Just out of curiosity, why do you need to check the value of a variable during the preprocessing time?
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Tomasz Grysztar



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Tomasz Grysztar 09 Oct 2004, 20:29
crc: what you've done it's better to do this way:
Code:
abc db 5

load abc_value from abc
if abc_value < 6
; ...
end if    


However it seems that it's just the ".if" macro what wishmaster is looking for, to generate the code that will do the checking of the variable at the run time.
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wishmaster



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wishmaster 10 Oct 2004, 11:03
Thank you, that works well Very Happy
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Dragontamer



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Dragontamer 10 Oct 2004, 23:59
Just wanna make sure you know...

the if statement will always be true.

It is a PREPROCESSOR statement. I agree with Privalov, the ".if" macro is what you want.

What I would use, is the conditional jumps. But thats just me.
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