From:	Bob Berkawitz <oonly AT mailexcite DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	beginner inline assembly problem
Date:	Mon, 15 Jun 1998 19:59:27 -0600
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When I try to compile this I get the this error "13:Error: operands
given don't match any known 386 instruction" 
Here is the code:
int x;
void main()
{
        asm("movw 5, %ax\n\t"
            "movw %ax, $_x");
}
What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.

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