Re: newbie

Hi Niel
string is a label, that's to say here, a pointer.
If you are in x86 architecture (32bits), a pointer is 32bits long, so you'll 
have to do "mov edi,string".
If you are in x86_64 arch (64bits), you'll have to use 64bits registers for 
pointers, "mov rdi,string"


Fred


Le Vendredi 23 Décembre 2005 17:50, Niel A a écrit :
> hello all!
>
> i'm taking linux assembly as a hobby for christmas and i found your great
> site. the tutorials have been much helpful.
>
> anyway, i meant to ask something..
>
> section .data
> 	string: db "hi!",10
>
> and i wanna capitalize the small letter 'h'.
>
> at first i used
> 	mov di, string ; but di is 16 bits and ld complains
>
> so i eventually started using the 32 bit ones to do the capitalisation
> operation. but for some reason, i lose all other letters, including the
> linefeed.
>
> please point me to the right direction.
>
> merry christmas,
> - niel
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