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<h1>Integer and Boolean expressions</h1>
<p>An expression can be composed of many things. Expressions are always evaluated using signed 32-bit math.</p>
<p>The most basic expression is just a single number.</p>
<h2>Numeric Formats</h2>
<p>xAsm has a number of numeric formats.</p>
<ul>
<li>Hexadecimal: $0123456789ABCDEF. Case-insensitive
<li>Decimal: 0123456789
<li>Octal: &01234567
<li>Binary: %01
<li>Fixedpoint (16.16): 01234.56789
<li>Character constant: "ABYZ"
<li>Gameboy graphics: `0123
</ul>
<p>The last one, Gameboy graphics, is quite interesting and useful. The values are actually pixel values and it converts the “chunky” data to “planar” data as used in the Gameboy.</p>
<pre>DW `01012323</pre>
<p>Admittedly an expression with just a single number is quite boring. To spice things up a bit there’s a few operators you can use to perform calculations between numbers.</p>
<h2>Operators</h2>
<p>A great number of operators you can use in expressions are available (listed in order of precedence):</p>
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<caption>Operators</caption>
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<th scope="col">Operator</th>
<th scope="col">Meaning</th>
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<td>( )</td>
<td>Precedence override</td>
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<td>FUNC()</td>
<td>Functioncall</td>
</tr>
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<td>~ + -</td>
<td>Unary not/plus/minus</td>
</tr>
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<td>* / %</td>
<td>Multiply/divide/modulo</td>
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<td><< >></td>
<td>Shift left/right</td>
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<td>& | ^</td>
<td>Binary and/or/xor</td>
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<td>+ -</td>
<td>Add/subtract</td>
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<td>!= == <= >= < ></td>
<td>Boolean comparison</td>
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<td>&& ||</td>
<td>Boolean and/or</td>
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<td>!</td>
<td>Unary Boolean not</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>The result of the boolean operators is zero if when FALSE and non-zero when TRUE. Thus it is legal to use an integer as the condition for <a href="if.htm">IF</a> blocks. You can use symbols instead of numbers in your expression if you wish.</p>
<p>An expression is said to be constant when it doesn't change its value during linking. This basically means that you can't use labels in those expressions. The instructions in the macro-language all require expressions that are constant.</p>
<h1>See also:</h1>
<ul>
<li><a href="symbols.htm">Symbols</a>
<li><a href="expr_fix.htm">Fixed-point expressions and functions</a>
<li><a href="expr_str.htm">String expressions, functions and formatting</a>
<li><a href="miscfunc.htm">Other functions</a>
</ul>
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<p>Last updated 21 June 1997 by <a href="mailto:[email protected]">Carsten Sorensen</a></p>
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