Re: byte vs word movs

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From: Andy Vaught
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1991 22:54

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storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER) writes:

> 
> Given the following code:
> 
> DATA_SEG   SEGMENT PUBLIC
>      PUBLIC SECTOR
> SECTOR    DB 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22
> DATA_SEG   ENDS
> 
> Why is the following instruction illegal.... (assuming BX has the value 4)
> 
> MOV  DX, SECTOR[BX]
> 
The above is perfectly legal. The problem is convincing MASM of its 
legality. You might need an "OFFSET" keyword before "SECTOR". I don't 
know, I use Turbo Assembler, which has much more rational syntax. 

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