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fabbel



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fabbel 21 Nov 2017, 16:22
Hello

Can someone pls help in understanding why this does not iterate :

Code:
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list equ 'X','Y','Z'

display "list=", list, 0Dh, 0Ah
irp item, list {display item,"-",0Dh, 0Ah}
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=> this displays :
list=XYZ
XYZ-

so 1st line with display directive looks to view 'list' symbols as a list of comma separated arguments,
but second line using irp looks to fail.


I expected to get output as follows :
list=XYZ
X- <followed by newline>
Y- <followed by newline>
Z- <followed by newline>


What am i doing wrong ? what am i missing ?
Can u pls help / advise about the best way to iterate such 'list' symbol, processing individual item one at a time.
wud other macro directives be more suited to the task ==> irps and/or irpv maybe ?
I've read the manual but somehow can't figure it out.. could someone pls kindly
(re)explain/clarify the differences betw. those and how to use them.

Sorry for the newbie questions...

Thx
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revolution
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revolution 21 Nov 2017, 16:40
IRP doesn't evaluate symbolic equates for the second operand. You can use MATCH to translate:
Code:
match x,list {
        irp item, x \{display item,"-",0Dh, 0Ah \}
}    
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fabbel



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fabbel 21 Nov 2017, 17:14
Hello

Thx revolution for the quick answer.

What about using irps and / or iprv (for me to get idea of situations where one of those may be preferred over the others..) ?
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revolution 21 Nov 2017, 17:34
IRPS is a symbol version of IRP so each symbol is iterated including commas, whereas IRP uses commas as a separator. Try this:
Code:
irp x, foo,bar {display `x,13,10}
display '------------------------------',13,10
irps x, foo,bar {display `x,13,10}    
IRPV is different though. It is used to iterate through overloaded equates. Try this:
Code:
y equ 1
y equ 2
y equ 3
irpv x, y {display `x,13,10}    
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