dollar in strings,

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lazer1

Joined: 24 Jan 2006
Posts: 185

lazer1 20 Sep 2006, 03:41

as x86 asm uses the dollar sign $ to denote end of string Surprised

I was wondering what was the best way to achieve a dollar
sign in a string,

eg how would I represent the string:

'this computer cost me $10' Razz

?

is there a better way than:

Code:

msg  db  'this computer cost me $'
        db  24h
        db  '10$'

20 Sep 2006, 03:41

shoorick

Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Posts: 1614
Location: Ukraine

shoorick 20 Sep 2006, 05:07

if you are using dos function 9h - noway Wink

(maybe buy with roubles Smile

)
you have to use another function if you have to output some symbols like this, possible written by yourself, which will use single simbol output in the body

regards!

20 Sep 2006, 05:07

f0dder

Joined: 19 Feb 2004
Posts: 3175
Location: Denmark

f0dder 20 Sep 2006, 05:26

lazer: use the "write file" DOS API to write to the stdout handle, instead of using the 9h "print string" thing.

20 Sep 2006, 05:26

rugxulo

Joined: 09 Aug 2005
Posts: 2341
Location: Usono (aka, USA)

rugxulo 20 Sep 2006, 23:48

FYI, here's a quick reference for it: http://www.ctyme.com/intr/rb-2791.htm

P.S. STDOUT = 1, so use that in BX.

f0dder wrote:

lazer: use the "write file" DOS API to write to the stdout handle, instead of using the 9h "print string" thing.

20 Sep 2006, 23:48

lazer1

Joined: 24 Jan 2006
Posts: 185

lazer1 22 Sep 2006, 21:55

shoorick wrote:

if you are using dos function 9h - noway (maybe buy with roubles )
you have to use another function if you have to output some symbols like this, possible written by yourself, which will use single simbol output in the body

regards!

one asm tutorial I tried said $ is in fact not a dollar sign but a peso,

the guy said that the dollar has 2 vertical lines,

so I really meant the computer cost 10 pesos! Laughing

22 Sep 2006, 21:55

shoorick

Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Posts: 1614
Location: Ukraine

shoorick 25 Sep 2006, 05:21

old soviet computers had "¤" sign instead of "$". first computer game i saw was spacewar, were flying plates bombed with cyrillic letter 'F' - 'Ф', and you were killing them with "!" from "¤=!=¤", moving it on the bottom of the screen Very Happy

25 Sep 2006, 05:21

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