Hello folks, got a Syntax problem I cannot solve.

I use the command in FASM like soo :

include 'macro.inc'

getresult 3,4

then it calls this macro

( this is the MACRO.INC file )

macro getresult onenumber,secondnumber
{
mov ax,160 ; What we are trying to do is multiply
mov bx,[onenumber] ; 160 * [onenumber] = ?
mul bx
mov bx,ax
mov ax,2 ; What we are trying to do is multiply
mov cx,[secondnumber] ; 2 * [secondnumber] = ?
mul cx
add ax,bx ; Add the totals together and send it
mov [totalanswer],ax ; to [totalanswer]
}


the problem is, its not passing 3,4 to the two paramiters :
onenumber and secondnumber.

This is a FASM syntax problem that I have not been able to find
an aswer too anywhere on the Forums or Guide. Anyone know the
proper way on how to write this to make it work ?

NOTE : I have put direct Numbers in place of [onenumber] and
[secondnumber] and this math works just fine.

Sadly, I have tried that ( your code as well ) and it still doesn't pass the parameters. total answer is what i'm trying to obtain, but it needs onenumber and secondnumber to bring the numbers in. It wont for some reason.

not sure what the problem is.

Macros replace parameters by text substitution. So looking at your code now I see that you have used mov bx,[onenumber] which is replaced by the macro to mov bx,[3]. If you want to pass numeric values and not variable addresses then use mov bx,onenumber without the square brackets.

That worked PERFECTLY !!! Thank you.. I got rid of the somevariable.. didn't need it. Now I can just use getresult 1,6 or whatever numbers I want and it does what I need it to do.. awesome man.. thank you..