Eqtype does not recognize <"Hello"," World

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rCX

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Posts: 172
Location: Maryland, USA

rCX 28 May 2009, 18:54

I was using revolution's method to concat strings and I found that eqtype does not recognize angled brackets.

Code:

org 100h
use16

macro   type_test       A*
{ 
  if A eqtype "a" 
    display "String",0Ah 
  else if A eqtype <>
    display "Concated String",0Ah 
  end if 
} 

type_test "Hello World"          ;Prints "String"
type_test <"Hello World"> ;Prints "String"
type_test <"Hello"," World">    ;Doesn't print anything

EDIT: Probably not a bug...

Last edited by rCX on 29 May 2009, 01:03; edited 1 time in total

28 May 2009, 18:54

LocoDelAssembly
Your code has a bug

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Posts: 4624
Location: Argentina

LocoDelAssembly 28 May 2009, 19:10

Well, can't check now if eqtype should support angle brackets (it doesn't support '<"a", "a">' neither), but this way you will make the "Concated String" to be displayed:

Code:

macro   type_test       A*
{ 
  if A eqtype "a" 
    display "String",13, 10
  else if A eqtype "a"," a"
    display "Concated String", 13, 10
  end if 
}

28 May 2009, 19:10

rCX

Joined: 29 Jul 2007
Posts: 172
Location: Maryland, USA

rCX 28 May 2009, 19:28

hmm... Is there any way to consistently identify something as a string regardless of how many substrings there are?

Code:

type_test <"Hello"," World">   ;Gives "Concated String"
type_test <"Hello","Wor","ld">;Gives nothing...

I used fasmpre and its output is below. Apparently the preprocessor does not convert 'Hello',' Wor','ld' to 'Hello World' before performing eqtype

Code:

;macro type_test A*
;{
; if A eqtype 'a'
; display 'String',0Ah
; else if A eqtype 'a','a'
; display 'Concated String',0Ah
; end if
;}

;type_test 'Hello World'

if 'Hello World' eqtype 'a'
display 'String',0Ah
else if 'Hello World' eqtype 'a','a'
display 'Concated String',0Ah
end if

;type_test<'Hello World'>

if 'Hello World' eqtype 'a'
display 'String',0Ah
else if 'Hello World' eqtype 'a','a'
display 'Concated String',0Ah
end if

;type_test<'Hello',' Wor','ld'>

if 'Hello',' Wor','ld' eqtype 'a'
display 'String',0Ah
else if 'Hello',' Wor','ld' eqtype 'a','a'
display 'Concated String',0Ah
end if

28 May 2009, 19:28

Madis731

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Posts: 2139
Location: Estonia

Madis731 28 May 2009, 19:54

From FASM.PDF (2.3. PREPROCESSOR DIRECTIVES) modified example:

Code:

macro append item
{
  list equ
  match any, list \{ list equ list,item \}
  match , list \{ list equ item \}
  display list
}

append <"Hi", ",",32,"Hello World",13,10,"">

28 May 2009, 19:54

rCX

Joined: 29 Jul 2007
Posts: 172
Location: Maryland, USA

rCX 28 May 2009, 20:49

but the code...

Code:

macro   type_test       A*
{ 
  if A eqtype "a" 
    display "String",13, 10
  else if A eqtype <"a"," a">
    display "Concated String", 13, 10
  end if  
}

...won't identify list as a "string" or "concated string"

28 May 2009, 20:49

bitRAKE

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Posts: 4024
Location: vpcmpistri

bitRAKE 29 May 2009, 00:15

Code:

type_test <<"Hello","World">>

The MACRO invocation strips the outer <> - by design.

It is important to note: EQTYPE is assemble-time whereas MATCH is done by the pre-processor. All macros have finished by the time EQTYPE is being resolved. rCX, I am certain you are already aware of this - I'm just stating the obvious for completeness of the discussion.

EQTYPE counts items. So, a general test is not possible with EQTYPE. <<"Hello","Cruel","World">> would require another IF, etc...

29 May 2009, 00:15

rCX

Joined: 29 Jul 2007
Posts: 172
Location: Maryland, USA

rCX 10 Jun 2009, 06:16

Another question... Is there a way to use escape sequences in strings? e.g...

Quote:

" I said \"hi\". "

...or...

Quote:

"bye\0"

10 Jun 2009, 06:16

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