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Narue · May 18th, 2006, 1:40 PM

>save db 4 dup '$' are you setting up a variable that can only store 4 characters?
Kind of. It sets aside four bytes, initializes them to the $ character, and creates a label called "save" that refers to the memory address of the first byte. That's technically a variable in assembly, but it's important to know what's going on.

You could also do this to the same effect:

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save:
	db '$'
	db '$'
	db '$'
	db '$'

Or this:

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save:
	db '$$$$'

May 18th, 2006, 1:40 PM	#18
Narue Professional Programmer Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 419 Rep Power: 3	>save db 4 dup '$' are you setting up a variable that can only store 4 characters? Kind of. It sets aside four bytes, initializes them to the $ character, and creates a label called "save" that refers to the memory address of the first byte. That's technically a variable in assembly, but it's important to know what's going on. You could also do this to the same effect: (Toggle Plain Text) save: db '$' db '$' db '$' db '$' save: db '$' db '$' db '$' db '$' Or this: (Toggle Plain Text) save: db '$$$$' save: db '$$$$' __________________ Even if the voices aren't real, they have some pretty good ideas.