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A quite nifty example of how to make an increasing decimal counter with a flexible amount of digits.
It's possible to create a counter with up to 255 digits.

Useful for counting scores in games, for example.

<code>
; Counter code
; [c]2007 Scout/Silicon Ltd.

numdigits = 6


      *=$c000

      ldx #0
      txa         ; A=X=0
-
      sta tellertabel,x   ; erase the countertable
      inx
      cpx #numdigits      ; for the amount of desired digits
      bne -

loop

      ldx #0
-
      lda tellertabel+1,x   ; read the contents of the countertable
      clc
      adc #$30      ; add 48(decimal) -> in petscii, 48=0, 49=1 etc 
      sta $0400,x      ; poke them in the upperleft of the screen (address 1024)
      inx
      cpx #numdigits
      bne -

      jsr teller      ; do the counter

      jmp loop      ; do the loop

;----------------------------------------------------------------

teller
      ldx #numdigits      ; go from back to front in the table
-
      lda tellertabel,x   
      cmp #9         ; is the current digit 9?
      beq +         ; yes, jump to the + branch   
      inc tellertabel,x   ; no, keep on counting
      rts         ; back to the mainroutine
+
      lda #0         ; put current digit to 0
      sta tellertabel,x   ; in the countertable
      dex         ; go 1 back in the table
      bne -         ; and do the rest of the remaining digits
      rts         ; back to the main routine
;-------------------------------------------------------------------

.align 256
tellertabel   ; 256 bytes reserved for the countertable 
</code>