will this put var1 into var2?

Robot Freak

Hello,

Does the following put the value 8 into var2?

DAT
var1    long 8
var2    long var1

I don't think so, cause it isn't working
Any idea's how I could do something like this, without using SPIN or asm to copy the values?

Kind regards,
Robot Freak

Beau Schwabe

DAT
var1    
var2    long 8

This points both var1 and var2 to the same address.... This is handy for aliasing variables

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Beau Schwabe

IC Layout Engineer
Parallax, Inc.

Robot Freak

Thanks Beau,

But not exactly what I mean.
I'll explain further.

I'd like to write a pattern like this:

DAT
  pattern  long  var4, var2, var3, var1

Or in a different order if necessary. The values of var1..4 are not logical, so hard to write a long sequence when you've got to paste the real value each time.
Is there a way like (or similar) to what I mean?

Thanks,
Robot Freak

Ken Peterson

Have you tried using constants for what you're trying to do?

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Robot Freak

Aaah, thats it!

I didn't think about using constants at all.
That answers my question, thanks Ken!