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Nikolay Petrov

Joined: 22 Apr 2004
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Location: Bulgaria

Nikolay Petrov 13 Mar 2006, 19:53

Hi,
Why eqtype didn't work in this case

Code:

macro foo p
{if p eqtype ''
    append p ;macro from fasm manual
 end if}

list equ
foo '555'
foo '444'
foo eax
list; result is '555','444',eax. if check p eqtype % - result is identical

thanks

13 Mar 2006, 19:53

Tomasz Grysztar

Joined: 16 Jun 2003
Posts: 8376
Location: Kraków, Poland

Tomasz Grysztar 13 Mar 2006, 19:59

EQU is a directive of preprocessor, while IF is a directive of assembler. Thus IF cannot affect the EQU, since prepressor finishes its job even before assembler has the change to look at the source.
This problem is covered in FAQ, and also in my recent Understanding fasm article, which I write to explain those confusing things about preprocessor and assembler (though you have to wait a bit till it's finished).

The solution is to use MATCH instead, which can be frequently used as an analogue of IF for the preprocessor. In this case it may look like:

Code:

macro foo p
{ match `p,p
  \{ append p \} }

13 Mar 2006, 19:59

Nikolay Petrov

Joined: 22 Apr 2004
Posts: 101
Location: Bulgaria

Nikolay Petrov 13 Mar 2006, 20:51

didn't work on fasm 1.64(unexpected characters) - i will download the new version and try it.
thanks again

13 Mar 2006, 20:51

Tomasz Grysztar

Joined: 16 Jun 2003
Posts: 8376
Location: Kraków, Poland

Tomasz Grysztar 13 Mar 2006, 21:05

Oh, right, the ` operator was not yet as fully suppoted by 1.64 as it is by 1.65.

13 Mar 2006, 21:05

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