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1800askgeek



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1800askgeek 08 May 2004, 05:34
Help plz...

How can I print use a null terminated string instead of a '$' ending string in FASM?

Yeah... I know this is a n00b question, but you gotta start somewhere... Embarassed
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coconut



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coconut 08 May 2004, 06:11
print to command prompt?
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1800askgeek



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1800askgeek 08 May 2004, 07:10
nvrmnd I figured it out. just use a loop and a conditional and print it with ax=0200h int 21h.
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ShortCoder



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ShortCoder 08 May 2004, 08:45
Ah, I was gonna say;)

Yeah, it's all in the function you're going to use (I figured you were DOS programming because I remember tons of example DOS asm progs used to use $ in their strings as well because the particular OS-function called required it as end of string and if you wanted something else you needed use a different function;))
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vid
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vid 08 May 2004, 17:21
how about
Code:
db 'string',0,'$'    


how does DOS beheave when outputting 0 character?
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ShortCoder



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ShortCoder 08 May 2004, 21:42
vid wrote:
how about
Code:
db 'string',0,'$'    


how does DOS behave when outputting 0 character?


Are you thinking C-string behaviour maybe?

No, the common DOS print text function expects a $ on the end of the string (as terminator) which makes it so that, if the character you wish to output is the $ character, you'll need to use a different function to get it up there;)

I'd imagine DOS would print out 0 as a blank space but you can try it if you want?
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