From: firewind <firewind AT metroid DOT dyn DOT ml DOT org>
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Subject: Re: [Q] using int 0x21 to print text with inline asm
Date: 25 Aug 1997 23:35:29 GMT
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Egg brains <eggbrains AT aol DOT com> wrote:
> i can't print text to the string using asm. it prints, but not the stuff i
> want (just a bunch of garbled ascii characters with beeps and stuff.) 
> here is the code i am/was using...

> <-----start----->

> char *myHappy;      /* i have also tried using a character */
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (1)

> void main()
  ^^^^^^^^^^^ (2)
> {

> myHappy = "Hello, world!";
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (3)
> asm("movw _myHappy, %dx");
> asm("movb $9, %ah");
> asm("int $0x21");       

> }

> <-----end----->

1: No memory is allocated that this pointer points to.
2: main() -always- returns an int.
3: you're assiging a string to a variable, but this string really has no
   storage allocated for it.

I think also your asm is questionable... is there something wrong with
printf that you can't print strings with it?

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