OK, I'm really not a macro guy. I started fooling around trying to write one, and all those %, &, ! symbols, substitution, things magically turning into other things, etc., just about made my head explode.
So I'm seeking your help. Here's what I want to do. Given a list of identifiers and associated numbers like so:
<IMAGE_REL_ARM_MOV32, 2>
<IMAGE_REL_ARM_SECREL, 3>
<IMAGE_REL_ARM_SECTION, 4>
<IMAGE_REL_ARM_BRANCH11,5>
I'd like to see the following as output:
IMAGE_REL_ARM_MOV32 equ 2
IMAGE_REL_ARM_SECREL equ 3
IMAGE_REL_ARM_SECTION equ 4
IMAGE_REL_ARM_BRANCH11 equ 5
(Actually the output would ideally be in the form of ECHO statements, so the output could be redirected to a text fiile.)
I also need to be able to separate the identifiers (like IMAGE_REL_ARM_MOV32) and be able to use them in a conditional statement to see if they're already defined:
IFNDEF (identifier)
... do something
... do something else
ENDIF
* The angle brackets around these are just a guess as to how to format these. May not be needed at all. I'm assuming these would be fed into a FOR loop.
Quote from: NoCforMe on July 22, 2022, 02:15:57 PMGiven a list of identifiers and associated numbers like so:
<IMAGE_REL_ARM_MOV32, 2>
<IMAGE_REL_ARM_SECREL, 3>
<IMAGE_REL_ARM_SECTION, 4>
<IMAGE_REL_ARM_BRANCH11,5>
How is that list "given"? By including a text file, as in Windows.inc?
IMAGE_REL_ARM_BLX11 equ 0009h
IMAGE_REL_ARM_SECTION equ 000Eh
IMAGE_REL_ARM_SECREL equ 000FhThat would be easy:
include \masm32\include\masm32rt.inc ; pure Masm32 SDK
; include MyNewEquates.inc
echoMe MACRO arg
Local tmp$
tmp$ CATSTR <&arg equ >, %arg
% echo tmp$
ENDM
.code
start:
echoMe IMAGE_REL_ARM_BLX11
echoMe IMAGE_REL_ARM_SECTION
echoMe IMAGE_REL_ARM_SECREL
inkey "Look at the echos in your output window"
exit
end startAttached EchoMe.asc opens in WordPad, MS Word, and RichMasm (http://masm32.com/board/index.php?topic=5314.0).
P.S., same but output goes to DOS prompt:
include \masm32\include\masm32rt.inc ; pure Masm32 SDK
; include MyNewEquates.inc
echoMe MACRO arg
Local tmp$
tmp$ CATSTR <chr$("&arg equ >, %arg, <")>
% echo tmp$
print tmp$, 13, 10
ENDM
.code
start:
echoMe IMAGE_REL_ARM_BLX11
echoMe IMAGE_REL_ARM_SECTION
echoMe IMAGE_REL_ARM_SECREL
exit
end startNote that
tmp$ CATSTR <chr$("&arg equ >, %arg, <")> expands to e.g.
chr$("IMAGE_REL_ARM_BLX11 equ 9"); text arguments are in <brackets>, while numbers are converted to text using %mynumber. Inside macros, the arguments can be embedded, as in
text &arg& textThe line
echoMe IMAGE_REL_ARM_BLX11 passes to the macro both the text IMAGE_... and the number 9; inside the macro,
arg is thus, as you wish, a text or a number.
Um, close, but not exactly. What I want is to create a list of equates and see which ones are already defined in an include file, say windows.inc. Those that aren't included will be echoed to the output stream. So instead of having to write an entry for each one as in your example, this should all happen within a FOR loop. Somewhere inside that loop, if the equate from the list passes the IFNDEF test, it will be echoed. Does that make sense?
Trying to save myself a lot of typing here.
That's not possible with macros, I'm afraid. But it's relatively easy with Recall and Instr. Can you post the include file that you want to test?
include \masm32\MasmBasic\MasmBasic.inc ; download (http://masm32.com/board/index.php?topic=94.0)
SetGlobals v$
Init
Let esi=FileRead$("\Masm32\include\Windows.inc") ; load wininc into a fat string
Recall CL$(), L$() ; put the command line file into an array of strings
For_ each edi in L$() ; parse the array
.if Instr_(edi, ",") ; this line has a comma
lea ecx, [eax+1] ; put ecx after the comma
Let v$=Trim$(Left$(edi, edx-1)) ; extract the name of the variable
.if Val?(ecx)>0 && eax<9 ; check if it's a number
.if Instr_(esi, v$, 4)
PrintLine "*** [", v$, "] found in Windows.inc" ; IMAGE_REL_ARM_MOV32 equ 2
.else
Print v$, Str$("\tequ %i\n", Val(ecx)) ; not found
.endif
.endif
.endif
Next
EndOfCode
The line .if Instr_(esi, v$, 4) (https://www.jj2007.eu/MasmBasicQuickReference.htm#Mb1153) checks if the name of the variable is found in Windows.inc; mode 4 means case-sensitive, full word.
Hi NoC!
To make a list is more complex than to test each item:
checkforNoC macro arg1, arg2
ifndef &arg1
&arg1 equ &arg2
echo &arg1 was undefined
endif
endm
checkforNoC IMAGE_REL_ARM_MOV32, 2
checkforNoC IMAGE_REL_ARM_SECREL, 3
checkforNoC IMAGE_REL_ARM_SECTION, 4
checkforNoC IMAGE_REL_ARM_BRANCH11, 5
HSE
HSE: Close, but keep in mind that I want the output to look like this:
IMAGE_REL_ARM_MOV32 EQU 2
That should be possible, right?
I'm trying to generate a list of EQUates that are missing from another include file.
OK, I tried this based on your example:
checkEQU macro arg1, arg2
ifndef &arg1
echo &arg1 EQU &arg2
endif
endm
checkEQU IMAGE_REL_ARM_MOV32, 2
checkEQU IMAGE_REL_ARM_SECREL, 3
checkEQU IMAGE_REL_ARM_SECTION, 4
checkEQU IMAGE_REL_ARM_BRANCH11, 5
and it worked, but it only fired once: the output I got was
IMAGE_REL_ARM_MOV32 EQU 2
Why was that? It should have gone through all 4 macro invocations, right?
Duh! I had included windows.inc and those other things were in there. So it works! Thanks.
:thumbsup:
Quote from: NoCforMe on July 23, 2022, 03:08:58 AM
those other things were in there
:biggrin: That was unexpected!
Quote from: NoCforMe on July 23, 2022, 03:08:58 AMit worked, but it only fired once: the output I got was
IMAGE_REL_ARM_MOV32 EQU 2
Why was that? It should have gone through all 4 macro invocations, right?
Well,
no (output of my code attached above):
IMAGE_REL_ARM_MOV32 equ 2
*** [IMAGE_REL_ARM_SECREL] found in Windows.inc
*** [IMAGE_REL_ARM_SECTION] found in Windows.inc
*** [IMAGE_REL_ARM_BRANCH11] found in Windows.inc
So this new topic (http://masm32.com/board/index.php?topic=10216.0) in the windows.inc forum here is the reason for doing all this.
If all you want to do is put extra data not included in other INC files,
IFNDEF YourIncFile.inc
YourIncFile.inc equ <1>
; Your include file data
ELSE
echo ----------------------------------------------
echo WARNING duplicate include file YourIncFile.inc
echo ----------------------------------------------
ENDIF
Yes, I know. But wouldn't it be better if it were there in the main file that all of us here depend on?
And yes, I know it must be a hell of a lot of work maintaining those files. That's why I asked how that actually works, who updates them. And how often are they updated?
I'd be willing to help, if that means anything.
The problem is the single file update is never ending, the windows.inc and extra files has truly massive amounts of work done on them and few will do the work, most have swiped the contents of those 2 files for their own.
If you have extra equates, put them in a conditional block and you solve the problem. If you think the win32 versions were complex, the slightest error in the win64 version will bring it crashing down on top of you.
Problem solved, but of course, you will have to add NoCforMe.inc to every piece of code posted here...
Quote from: jj2007 on July 23, 2022, 07:32:16 PM
include \masm32\include\NoCforMe.inc
.code
start:
MsgBox 0, str$(IMAGE_DLLCHARACTERISTICS_APPCONTAINER), "It's easy:", MB_OK
exit
end start
Another option:
include \masm32\include\Masm32rt.inc
IMAGE_DLLCHARACTERISTICS_APPCONTAINER=123 ; a comment gives you the chance to enhance readability
.code
start:
MsgBox 0, str$(IMAGE_DLLCHARACTERISTICS_APPCONTAINER), "It's easy:", MB_OK
exit
end startI can understand Hutch. There are a few gaps, which is normal after so many years. Fill them for yourself if you really need them. Equates like IMAGE_DLLCHARACTERISTICS_APPCONTAINER are used almost never, so why bother?