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edfed 23 Sep 2016, 18:23
this code
Code:
A equ 'A'

if ~defined A
A equ 'B'
end if

display A

if A eq 'A'
A equ 'C'
end if

display A    
    

give me 'BC' as output, but what i want is 'AC'

there, i don't get why the first if don't detect the previous A definition, and then, i don't know why the second if detect the A to be 'A'
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revolution
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revolution 23 Sep 2016, 18:26
The preprocessor is completely blind to the assembly lines. So the preprocessor sees this:
Code:
A equ 'A'

;if ~defined A
A equ 'B'
;end if

;display A

;if A eq 'A'
A equ 'C'
;end if

;display A    
It makes no difference what the "if" statements evaluate to, the "equ" is always assigned.
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edfed 23 Sep 2016, 18:38
i was quite sure of this, but did not find this in the doc. Wink

note: display works
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revolution 23 Sep 2016, 18:41
display is processed at assembly time, after all the equs. The assembler see this:
Code:
;A equ 'A'

if ~defined 'A'
;A equ 'B'
end if

display 'B'

if 'B' eq 'A'
;A equ 'C'
end if

display 'C'    
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