From: B Hodge <bhodge AT gpu DOT srv DOT ualberta DOT ca>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: beginner inline assembly problem
Date: 16 Jun 1998 03:38:58 GMT
Organization: University of Alberta
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Try: movw $5, %ax\n\t
on the 1st line

Bob Berkawitz <oonly AT mailexcite DOT com> wrote:
> 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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