RosettaCodeData/Task/Loops-For-with-a-specified-step/6502-Assembly/loops-for-with-a-specified-step.6502
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define ArrayPointerLo $00 ;define some helpful labels.
define ArrayPointerHi $01
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setArray: ;Easy6502 doesn't let us define arbitrary bytes so the best option is to fill the range at runtime.
lda #$10
ldx #0
loop_setArray:
sta $1200,x
clc
adc #$10
inx
cpx #$08
bcc loop_setArray
; stores this sequence of hex values starting at $1200: $10 $20 $30 $40 $50 $60 $70 $80
ClearMem: ;clear $D000-$D0FF
lda #0
ldx #0
loop_clearMem:
sta $D000,x
inx
bne loop_clearMem
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; end of prep work, the real code begins here.
lda #$12 ;high byte of array address
sta ArrayPointerHi
lda #$00 ;low byte of array address
sta ArrayPointerLo ;these are used to look up the array rather than hard-code it in.
ldx #$0E ;the loop counter, gets decremented twice per iteration to skip the odd addresses.
ldy #7 ;the index into the source array.
;on the 6502 looping backwards is almost always faster.
loop_fill:
lda (ArrayPointerLo),y ;loads from the array's base address, plus Y
sta $D000,x ;store at $D000+X
dey ;decrement array index
dex
dex ;decrement destination index twice
bpl loop_fill ;if destination index equals #$FF, we are done.
brk ;end of program