Case insesitive comparison

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Picnic

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Picnic 10 May 2007, 19:54

Hello,
I wrote this simple routine, it searches for a null terminated string inside another null terminated string.
Comparison is case-sensitive, and i want to know which is the faster way to compare ah,al but case insesitive.
Also, in Dos, how can i place on a buffer the application path, for example 'C:\FASM\xxx.exe'
Thanks in advance, for your time.

Code:

;BX = string to search inside
;DX = string to search for
;AX = return position, 0 if not found
STRFIND:
PUSH BX CX DX SI DI
MOV CX,1
@1:
MOV AL,BYTE [BX]
TEST AL,AL
JE @3
MOV SI,BX
MOV DI,DX
@2:
MOV AH,BYTE [DI]
TEST AH,AH
JE @4
TEST AL,AL
JE @3
CMP AH,AL
JNE @F
INC DI
INC SI
MOV AL,BYTE [SI]
JMP @2
@@:
INC CX
INC BX
JMP @1
@3:
XOR CX,CX
@4:
MOV AX,CX
POP DI SI DX CX BX
RET

10 May 2007, 19:54

eek

Joined: 21 Oct 2006
Posts: 24

eek 11 May 2007, 02:29

get program name
http://www.frontiernet.net/~fys/progname.htm

11 May 2007, 02:29

Picnic

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Posts: 1398
Location: Piraeus, Greece

Picnic 11 May 2007, 17:18

thank you eek for the link, it's what i was looking for.

I change:

Code:

ax,es:[002Ch]

Code:

mov ax,[es:002Ch]

I found some more interesting scripts and articles there!

If anyone can help me with my first question, hope it make sence, my English are not very good.. Embarassed

11 May 2007, 17:18

rugxulo

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rugxulo 24 May 2007, 05:51

This isn't directly an answer (sorry), but for a quick hack / hint, see my AV (.ZIP viewer) proggie.

Code:

and al,0DFh ; uppercase
or al,20h     ; lowercase
xor al,20h   ; toggle case

24 May 2007, 05:51

Picnic

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Picnic 24 May 2007, 20:19

Thank you rugxulo.
Fasm forum has a lot of interesting stuff. It's great to explore. Razz

24 May 2007, 20:19

Picnic

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Picnic 30 May 2007, 18:37

I came up to this so far, now comparison is case insensitive.

Code:

;BX = string to search inside
;DX = string to search for
;AX = return position, 0 if not found
STRFIND:
PUSH BX CX DX SI DI
MOV CX,1
@1:
MOV AL,BYTE [BX]
TEST AL,AL
JE @3
MOV SI,BX
MOV DI,DX
@2:
MOV AH,BYTE [DI]
TEST AH,AH
JE @4
TEST AL,AL
JE @3
CMP AH,AL
JE @EQ
AND AX,0DFDFH
CMP AX,4141H
JL @NE
CMP AX,5A5AH
JA @NE
CMP AH,AL
JNE @NE
@EQ:
INC DI
INC SI
MOV AL,BYTE [SI]
JMP @2
@NE:
INC CX
INC BX
JMP @1
@3:
XOR CX,CX
@4:
MOV AX,CX
POP DI SI DX CX BX
RET

30 May 2007, 18:37

shoorick

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shoorick 31 May 2007, 04:17

do not forget: "or al,20h" will not help for national characters

31 May 2007, 04:17

rugxulo

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Posts: 2341
Location: Usono (aka, USA)

rugxulo 31 May 2007, 05:02

If you return 0 if not found, what will you return if the substring is found at position 0 (immediate start of string)? I had the same problem, actually. I just ended up using -1 for error (safer than 0, at least, right?).

P.S. shoorick is right, of course, so keep that in mind.

31 May 2007, 05:02

Picnic

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Posts: 1398
Location: Piraeus, Greece

Picnic 31 May 2007, 16:51

Thank you both for your comments.
rugxulo i'm counting from 1 for that reason.

31 May 2007, 16:51

Picnic

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Picnic 23 Jul 2007, 17:26

A simple routine i wrote for a friend's school project.
It's a string read routine that stores user input on a variable as a null terminated string.
It also handles the backspace key and returns on CX number of chars.

Code:

ORG 100H

MOV DI,BUFFER
CALL STRREAD
INT 20H

STRREAD:
PUSH AX DI                                          
XOR CX,CX                
INPUT:               
MOV AH,01H             
INT 21H                    
CMP AL,0DH                 
JE EXIT   
CMP AL,08H                 
JE BACKSPACE          
STOSB                     
INC CX                    
JMP INPUT
BACKSPACE:
CMP CX,0                  
JE ERROR           
MOV AL,20H
INT 29H                  
MOV AL,08H               
INT 29H                  
DEC CX                 
DEC DI                     
JMP INPUT
ERROR:                           
MOV AL,20H             
INT 29H                  
JMP INPUT                        
EXIT:
XOR AL,AL
STOSB               
POP DI AX                      
RET

BUFFER DB 100 DUP (?)

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23 Jul 2007, 17:26

rugxulo

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rugxulo 25 Jul 2007, 03:31

thimis, try jcxz Error to save three bytes.

(Also, try indenting your instructions, easier to distinguish from labels. And using ' ' looks more readable than 20h.)

25 Jul 2007, 03:31

Picnic

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Location: Piraeus, Greece

Picnic 25 Jul 2007, 16:17

nice tips, thanks rugxulo.

25 Jul 2007, 16:17

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