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1800askgeek

Joined: 04 Apr 2004
Posts: 10
Location: Hawaii

1800askgeek 08 Apr 2004, 05:41

How???

I tried:
mod cx, 10

with cx set to 18....

shouldn't that set cx to 8???
Yet it gives me an error:

"Illeagal instruction"

why?

08 Apr 2004, 05:41

VitalOne

Joined: 29 Jul 2003
Posts: 54
Location: USA

VitalOne 08 Apr 2004, 06:06

Code:

xor dx,dx
mov ax,18
mov cx,10
div cx
;Remainder in DX

08 Apr 2004, 06:06

1800askgeek

Joined: 04 Apr 2004
Posts: 10
Location: Hawaii

1800askgeek 08 Apr 2004, 06:24

... how does division work in assembly? Perhaps that's the question I should be asking.

Anyway, thanks for that code. It worked perfectly.

08 Apr 2004, 06:24

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