[fasm g] how do I concatenate strings

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zhak

Joined: 12 Apr 2005
Posts: 490
Location: Belarus

zhak

How do I concatenate multiple strings into one?

Code:

macro cpu? type
  include 'arch/'#`type#'.inc'
end macro

cpu 8086

doesn't seem to be working in fasm g

20 Apr 2016, 22:33

bitRAKE

Joined: 21 Jul 2003
Posts: 3065
Location: vpcmipstrm

bitRAKE

I don't know if this is the intended way?

Code:

macro cpu? type*
  eval 'include "arch/',`type,'.inc"'
end macro

cpu 8086

Yet, it seems to work. Very Happy

21 Apr 2016, 03:38

zhak

Joined: 12 Apr 2005
Posts: 490
Location: Belarus

zhak

I'm so dumb Sad

I tried eval, but used it improperly. Thanks a lot!

21 Apr 2016, 07:05

Tomasz Grysztar

Joined: 16 Jun 2003
Posts: 7845
Location: Kraków, Poland

Tomasz Grysztar

bitRAKE: good idea! It is a nice solution thanks to its simplicity. It is much nicer than the one I would propose:

Code:

macro cpu? type
  local path
  virtual at 0
    db 'arch/',`type,'.inc'
    load path : $ from 0
  end virtual
  include path
end macro 

cpu 8086

The direct calculation of concatenation is also possible, though the absence of special operators for string manipulation makes it very tedious:

Code:

struc concat? first*,rest*&
        . = string first
        iterate s, rest
                local str
                str = s
                . = string . + str shl (((bsr . - 1) shr 3 + 1) shl 3)
        end iterate
end struc

macro cpu? type
  local path
  path concat 'arch/',`type,'.inc'
  include path
end macro 

cpu 8086

When working on this example I discovered another hidden bug in the fasm g engine. Thank you! Wink

Last edited by Tomasz Grysztar on 21 Apr 2016, 08:53; edited 1 time in total

21 Apr 2016, 08:22

Tomasz Grysztar

Joined: 16 Jun 2003
Posts: 7845
Location: Kraków, Poland

Tomasz Grysztar

I have uploaded the bugfix. Now that macro works correctly also in this form:

Code:

struc concat? first*,rest*&
        . = string first
        iterate s, rest
                . = string . + (s) shl (((bsr . - 1) shr 3 + 1) shl 3)
        end iterate
end struc

Before I fixed the bug, it did not work because the iteration parameter messed up the recognition context for the subsequent "." symbol.

21 Apr 2016, 08:47

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