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Miscellaneous => 16 bit DOS Programming => Topic started by: haghiri75 on May 05, 2016, 12:56:41 AM

Title: Printing a BCD value
Post by: haghiri75 on May 05, 2016, 12:56:41 AM
I wrote a code with interrupt 1ah, and I did this :

mov al, ch
and al, 0fh
mov dl, al


Now, for example time is "18:36", it shall print hours, and only prints 8. Because I wanted program to do this. But, what can I do to show "1"?

P.S : I tested masking lower nibble, but it wasn't my answer.
Title: Re: Printing a BCD value
Post by: FORTRANS on May 05, 2016, 05:55:08 AM
Hi,

   Try the following to print the high packed BCD digit in a byte.
It is similar to your posted code that printed the low digit.


        MOV     AL,CH
        SHR     AL,4
        MOV     DL,AL


HTH,

Steve