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vanzan



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vanzan 08 Jun 2010, 05:58
Hi !

For my IT games project (an ASCII Arkanoid), I can not generate a string from multiple concatenation.

In fact, I try to generate a string containing the path of the level of the game from a variable "Level"

So if Level = 9 String = "data/lvl/lvl_0009.bw"
if Level = 133 String = "data/lvl/lvl_0133.bw"
etc. ...


Can you help me please ?




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nop 08 Jun 2010, 07:06
maybe something like:
Code:
set_string_level:               ;enter with binary level in ax (max 9999 decimal)
push ds
push cs
pop ds
cmp ax, 9999
ja error
call bin2bcd                     ;returns 4 bcd digits in eax
call bcd2ascii                   ;returns 4 ascii chars in eax
mov [string_number],eax
pop ds
ret

string:
db "data/lvl/lvl_"
string_number:
dd 0
string_end:
db ".bw"
string_delimiter:              ;if needed
db 0
    

now you just need to code bin2bcd and bcd2ascii Very Happy
or maybe there's a better way?
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baldr



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baldr 08 Jun 2010, 07:15
vanzan,
Code:
        org     0x100
        mov     ax, [Level]
        mov     di, name.level
        call    convert0000
        mov     dx, name                ; output to test it
        mov     ah, 9
        int     0x21
        ret

convert0000:
        mov     cl, 100
        div     cl
        mov     cl, ah
        call    convert00
        mov     al, cl
convert00:
        aam
        or      ax, '00'
        xchg    al, ah
        stosw
        ret

Level   dw      9876
name    db      "data/lvl/lvl_"
.level  db      "0000.bw", 13, 10, '$'; for int21/09    
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vanzan



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vanzan 08 Jun 2010, 07:32
The code seems to be correct but it doesn't work...

(3) wrong parameters: MOV bx, name.llevel
(3) probably no zero prefix for hex; or no 'h' suffix; or wrong addressing; or undefined var: name.llevel

I don't understand the syntax "name.llevel"...
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baldr 08 Jun 2010, 07:38
vanzan,

This is FASM board. Are you compiling with FASM? Wink
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vanzan



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vanzan 08 Jun 2010, 07:48
With emu8086, we had to use it for our project.

But it's a FASM compiler, isn't it ? (FASM v1.64)
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baldr 08 Jun 2010, 08:21
vanzan wrote:
With emu8086, we had to use it for our project.

But it's a FASM compiler, isn't it ? (FASM v1.64)
Not exactly. Some extensions are used, for example name directive from TASM Ideal mode. Prepend #fasm# line and change name to e.g. _name, it will compile fine.
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edfed 08 Jun 2010, 10:19
just say to your teacher that emu8086 is pure shit and that nowadays, fasm(w)(d) is the better choice to learn PC assembly.
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vanzan



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vanzan 08 Jun 2010, 10:35
I totally agree with you but I don't have any choice... Rolling Eyes
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edfed 08 Jun 2010, 11:08
you always have the choice.
it is up to you to show the ease of use of new asm compilers to your teacher... i suppose he(she) impose emu8086 to you because he(she) don't know anything else...
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vanzan



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vanzan 08 Jun 2010, 11:23
No, we HAVE to use emu8086... Even if it's a very old architecture, we used it in order to learn assembly.

I've already asked him if I could change the compilers but NO, we have to use it....

PS: in french : Mon école est assez rigide sur le sujet, bon nombre d'autres groupes (qui avaient commencé sur d'autres langages comme RadASM, MASM,...) ont du recommencer leur projet sous peine d'avoir 1 zero.
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edfed 08 Jun 2010, 14:44
je prefere avoir un zero pointé que d'utiliser un truc inutile. emu 8086 est un truc inutile, totallement inutile, bon pour les profs sclerosés qui vraiment ne connaissent rien d'autre que leurs bonnes vieilles methodes obsoletes.

je serait à ta place, je prendrai un zero(en codant le truc avec QBASIC), et en plus, j'essayerai d'effacer toute trace d'emu8086 des pc du college (ou lycée).
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