Function to create random strings

[Biterider]

Hi LiaoMi
My best guess is that UASM currently only supports 32-bit arithmetic for macro calculations.
In your case you are doing 64-bit calculations. The error messages are misleading...

Biterider

[HSE]

Hi LiaoMi!!

Are you sure that "sar" is valid directive for preprocessor?

It's not for ML64.

HSE

[Biterider]

Hi
HSE is right. 

The following code works for me.
I added a seed value (initial state), so that on each run it generates a different value.

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PCG32_STATE = @CatStr(@SubStr(%@Time, 1, 2), @SubStr(%@Time, 4, 2), @SubStr(%@Time, 7, 2))

__randa macro
  local r, t, x

  PCG32_STATE = PCG32_STATE * 6364136223846793005 + 0xda3e39cb94b95bdb

  t = PCG32_STATE
  r = ( ( ( t shr 18 ) xor t ) shr 27 )
;  r = ( ( ( t sar 18 ) xor t ) sar 27 )
  x = t shr 59
  t = r shr x
  r = r shl ( -x and 31 )
  r = r or t
  r = r and 0x7F

  exitm <r>
endm

__randc macro
  local a
 
  a = __randa()
  while a gt 'z' or \
    a lt '0' or \
    a ge ':' and a le '>' or \
    a ge '[' and a le '`' and a ne '_'
    a = __randa()
  endm

  exitm <a>
endm

__rands macro n
  local string

  .data
  string label byte
  repeat n
    db __randc()
  endm
  db 0
  .code
  exitm <string>
endm



Note: it appears that the calculations are performed using 64 bits, but that is not the case. The values are truncated internally to 32 bits!

Biterider

[LiaoMi]

Hi Biterider,
Hi HSE,

thanks, it works 

Hi LiaoMi
Note: it appears that the calculations are performed using 64 bits, but that is not the case. The values are truncated internally to 32 bits!
Biterider

Is this also the case in the 64 bit version of Masm?