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rohagymeg

Joined: 19 Aug 2011
Posts: 77

rohagymeg 24 Aug 2011, 20:05

Hi again! While I was coding, I ran into some practical brickwalls.

Like how can I break this line in fasmw with the backslash?

Code:

variable db "This is a vvvverrrrryyyyyy llllooooonnnnggg sssssttttrrrriiinnnggg. Blablablablablabla sdsasdsadasdasdsadsdblalblalblalbalblalbalabalbbalalbalasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdadasdasdasdadasdadasdadsda",0

24 Aug 2011, 20:05

mindcooler

Joined: 01 Dec 2009
Posts: 423
Location: Västerås, Sweden

mindcooler 24 Aug 2011, 20:50

Why not just break it into several db statements?

24 Aug 2011, 20:50

rohagymeg

Joined: 19 Aug 2011
Posts: 77

rohagymeg 24 Aug 2011, 20:57

mindcooler wrote:

Why not just break it into several db statements?

I guess it will work that way. I appreciate your answer, thank you! How I didn't try this yet Mad

24 Aug 2011, 20:57

AsmGuru62

Joined: 28 Jan 2004
Posts: 1670
Location: Toronto, Canada

AsmGuru62 24 Aug 2011, 21:11

Example:

Code:

variable db 'A HUGE STRING'
                db '-------- WELL... NOT THAT HUGE, ACTUALLY!',0

24 Aug 2011, 21:11

revolution
When all else fails, read the source

Joined: 24 Aug 2004
Posts: 20445
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revolution 24 Aug 2011, 21:14

To answer the original question:

Code:

db 'Abc. ',\
   '123. ',\
   'Some more. ',\
   'Finshed.'

24 Aug 2011, 21:14

rohagymeg

Joined: 19 Aug 2011
Posts: 77

rohagymeg 25 Aug 2011, 01:31

Cool! There is a proper way after all!
The several db statements do the job very well, but with backslash I can see that they are together and make one huge line.
Thanks, revolution! With your answers you don't just answer my questions, but give me a Idea

so I can understand more things that I didn't dare to ask lol.

25 Aug 2011, 01:31

typedef

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typedef 25 Aug 2011, 02:13

To be honest, revolution is the best mod here. Very Happy

25 Aug 2011, 02:13

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