Author Topic: Compile Time error, what is wrong? (Read 2068 times)

Eleven · « **on:** June 08, 2011, 03:02:35 pm »

hi all, i am new to assambly, was messing around with a little prime-number finder (checks for all numbers 2-->255 if they're prime, and saves them to calculate the next)

spasm keeps giving mee these errors, and i can't find the problem (i use both Hot-Dog's tutorial as the "learn ASM in 28 days"-guide as references, but am still stuck)

the errors:

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Template.asm:18: error: SUB doesn't take these arguments
Pass two... 
Template.asm:12: error: 'primelist' isn't a macro or label
Done

the code

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#include "ti83plus.inc"                     ; a program that finds all 
.org $9D93                                  ; prime numbers up to 255
.db t2ByteTok, tAsmCmp
 B_CALL _ClrLCDFull
 ld c,1                                  ; c = # known primes
 ld b,$FD                                ; b counts from 253->0
outerloop
 ld a,b
 cpl                                     ; e counts from 2-->255
 ld a,e                                  ; and preserves b's cpl 
 ld b,c
 ld hl,primelist                         
innerloop                                 ; we loop through known primes
 ld a,(hl)
 ld d,a                                  ; d = a known prime  
 ld a,e
findrestloop
 sub a,d                                 ; finds rest of e/d , ugly but 
 jr nc findrestloop
 add a,d
 or a                                    ; a = rest: rest =0 -> e != prime
 jr z notprime
 inc hl                                  ; next known prime adress
 djnz innerloop
prime                                       ;only for reference
 ld a,e
 ld (hl),a
 inc c
 ld hl,0                                 ; e is prime, added in next adress
 ld l,a
 push bc
 push de                                 ; save bc and de for later
 b_call(_dispHL)                         ; disp found prime
 pop de                                  ; de and bc will be needed
 pop bc
noprime
 ld a,e
 cpl                                    ; recall b = cpl e
 ld b,a
 djnz outerloop                         ; find next prime
 ret
primelist                                  ; the list with the primes, starts
.db 2                                      ; with 1 known value: 2

what is wrong?
oh yeah and i know this probably won't be the best solution to the problem, but i just want to experiment a bit with the code.

Runer112 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 08, 2011, 03:09:10 pm »

Hopefully these two things should correct the problems:

When using sub, do not include the first argument (the a register). Since there is no version of sub that operates on anything besides the a register, the first argument is implied and usually not included, often causing errors when included. So instead of sub a,d, try using sub d.
Many assemblers require that labels be followed by a colon, like primelist: - try putting colons after all of your labels.

Also, I see two more lines that would cause problems, although you haven't discovered that they are in error yet because the assembler didn't get that far. jr nc findrestloop and jr z notprime should have a comma between the condition and the label names to separate the two arguments.

ben_g · « **Reply #2 on:** June 08, 2011, 03:10:29 pm »

~~sub always substracts from a, so it does only need the register to substract from a~~

EDIT: ah, nevermind, Runer has already answered that (I was 19 secounds to late)

Mighty Moose · « **Reply #3 on:** June 08, 2011, 03:10:48 pm »

'sub a, d' in line 18 is not an assembly command, it's actually just 'sub d' iirc.
Also, try to end your labels with colons (: ) to avoid compile complications like the one at line 12 (end 'primelist' with a ':' ).

Edit: Dang it, double ninja'd

Eleven · « **Reply #4 on:** June 08, 2011, 03:54:47 pm »

ok that solved it indeed: thanks for quick reply(-ies) =D

still doesnt work as supposed, but i'm gonna try to find that one myself.

thx

Author Topic: Compile Time error, what is wrong? (Read 2068 times)

Eleven

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