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base:ascii_char_to_4_bit_integer

ASCII Char to 4 bit integer

This is a very simple routine that converts an ASCII char contained in 'a' to a 4 bit number returned in 'a'. It can deal with upper/lowercase hex letters 'a'..'f' as well as 'A'..'F' and returns the error code 255 for nonvalid input like 'g'..'z', 'G'…'Z' or other non hex digits like interpunction, spaces, math symbols etc…

  sec
  sbc #'0'
  bcc error
 
  cmp #10
  bcc return
 
nondigit
  and #$3f
  cmp #('f'-'0'+1)
  bcs error
  cmp #('a'-'0')
  bcc error
 
  sbc #('a'-'0'-10) 
  rts
error
  lda #255
return
  rts
base/ascii_char_to_4_bit_integer.txt · Last modified: 2015-04-17 04:30 by 127.0.0.1