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- The commands you need to rotate a Byte/Word are:
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- ROR, ROL, RCR, RCL.
- ROR ==> Rotates the bits the number of times specified, so that the
- rightmost bits are rotated into the leftmost bits. NO BITS
- ARE LOST. ROL is the same thing in the opposite direction.
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- RCR ==> Practically the same as the ROR/ROL instruction, but it rotates
- the bit into the carry, and the carry bit is rotated into the
- leftmost bit of the Byte/Word. {Rotate right through carry}
- RCL is the same in the other direction.
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- The format For each of ROR,ROL,RCR,RCL,SHR,SHL is
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- [Instruction] <Destination> <Shift Count>
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- To reWrite your original code:
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- Asm
- Mov AL, ByteVar
- Ror AL, 1
- Mov ByteVar, AL
- end
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- The above would rotate the bits in the Variable ByteVar by one to the right.