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--- base:multiplication_with_a_constant [2015-04-17 04:33] – external edit 127.0.0.1
+++ base:multiplication_with_a_constant [2020-03-30 22:27] – tww
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   adc $2 ; Add the two results together
 </code>
+----
+EDIT: The above is based on 8*A + 2*A. This routine would not allow any higher number than A = 25 as it would overflow (8 * 26) + (2 * 26) = 208 + 52 = 262 (However 25 fits perfectly f.ex. when you'd want to calculate a character line based on Y).
+With this in mind, you can do 2*A + 8*A which saves you the asl $2. Also as long as A cannot be higher than 25, the upper 4 bits (high nybble) will always be #%0000. This means that the asl instructions will never set carry and the clc can be dropped.
+This gives the following code to multiply A with 10 (assuming A is less than 25):
+<code>
+    asl      // Multiply A with 2
+    sta $2   // Store A * 2 for later
+    asl      // Multiply A with 4
+    asl      // Multiply A with 8
+    adc $2   // Add A * 8 + A * 2
+</code>
+(12 cycles / 7 bytes) vs (17 cycles / 10 bytes)
+----
 You may also use a table, which is even faster, but would take up more space.