String constants in inline assembler

[Semen Matusovski]

As I remember Assembler, to reserve string constants are used
DB 'string' statements.
But reaction of compiler for ! DB 'string' is syntax error.
I understand that it possible to write each byte through comma.
But could be exist another way ?

PS. Maybe I lost something, but information in PB.HLP is not enough.

[Steve Hutchesson]

Semen,

You can easily use either basic dynamic strings by using StrPtr() or
ASCIIZ strings using VarPtr(). What you need for an asm string processing
routine is the ADDRESS of the string and usually its length.

  MyString$ = "This is a test"
  lpStr&    = StrPtr(MyString$)
  ln&       = len(MyString$)
  
      ! mov ecx, ln&
      ! mov esi, lpStr&
  
    StStr:
      ! lodsb
      ' do something with the byte in AL
      ! dec ecx
      ! cmp ecx, 0    ; exit when zero
      ! jne StStr

Once you have the address and the length, the rest is reasonably straight
forward.

Regards,

[email protected]

[This message has been edited by Steve Hutchesson (edited April 10, 2000).]

[Semen Matusovski]

Steve --
I am not about processing.
I want to include string array directy into code, using DB statements, like it possible to do in ordinary Assembler.
But it's not comfortable to write ! DB 96, 97, 98, 99 instead of ! DB 'abcd'.
But compiler doesn't accept ! DB 'abcd' (syntax error).

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