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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 23:26:47 +1200
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Paul Wilkins wrote:

Do not post when tired.

> Let's head back to the line where the trouble occurs, which I presume 
> you want to fix.
> 
> m55:r--;if(R[r]!=1)goto m55;
> 
> r gets decreased until R[r] = 1.
> 
> That needs to be fixed so that r doesn't go below 0
<snip>
> Is that right?
> 
> In that case, let's count down to 0 and break out when we're successful.
> 
> for (r; r>=0; r--) if (R[r]==0) break;

Make that
   for (r; r>=0; r--) if (R[r]==1) break;

> 
> or
> 
> for (r; r>=0; r--)
>   if (R[r]==1)
>     break; // out of for loop

If you don't want to check R[0] (ie. you use R[1] as your first entry) 
then change r>=0 to r>0 or r>=1

-- 
Paul Wilkins