REPE and CMPS

[matias_beretta]

Hello, thanks for reading my topic...

I was reading the FASM manual and found this:

repe cmpsb ;COMPARE [ES:DI] and [DS:SI] until CX = 0

but can i use this???????????:

repe cmps byte [ds:si], [ds:di]

bye

[Masterkiller]

According to the Intel Instruction Set the instruction is:

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CMPS byte ptr ES:[DI], byte ptr DS:[SI] ; or CMPSB
CMPS word ptr ES:[DI], word ptr DS:[SI] ; or CMPSW

No way to use other operands. This is integrated in processor architecture.

[matias_beretta]

thanks

[XCHG]

You can simply put:

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  REPE    CMPSB

Those operands are optional.

[Red Shaya]

you could

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    PUSH DS
    POP  ES
    REPE CMPSB