mov eax

[oex]

It is possible to do this:

mov eax, 'abgr'

but can I do this somehow?

mov eax, 'a',0,'b',0

or even

mov eax, 97,0,98,0

[raymond]

No. The instruction expects a single value to be loaded into EAX.

However, similar to "mov eax,5", you could do
mov eax,"r"
such that AL would contain "r", and the upper 24 bits of EAX would contain 0

(Note that the mov al,"r" instruction would not zero the upper 24 bits of EAX.)

[dedndave]

Code Select Expand

        mov     eax,'a',0,'b',0
would be

Code Select Expand

        mov     eax,620061h
;'a' = 61h, 'b' = 62h
you could probably write a macro to do it with the text defines

[drizz]

but can I do this somehow?

mov eax, 'a',0,'b',0

or even

mov eax, 97,0,98,0

mov eax, ('a' shl 24) or ('b' shl 8)

mov eax, 'abba' and 0FF00FF00h

[hutch--]

The register with the MOV mnemonic expects a 32 bit value, how you write an assembler to load it is your own business. FASM loads in 1234 order, MASM in traditional reverse and I have no doubt you could produce other variations but it must enbd up a valid opcode, the rest is style and preference.

[oex]

Yep nice one dave and drizz.... I like the and method.... So much better than:

mov al, 'a'
mov ah, 'b'
bswap eax
mov al, etc etc

or (and this is shows where this was relevant to me....)

mov al, 'a'
mov [edi], al
mov al, 0
mov [edi+1], al
mov al, 'b'
mov [edi+2], al
mov al, 0
mov [edi+3], al

much cleaner:
mov eax, 'abba' and 0FF00FF00h
mov [edi], eax

This could also be useful for manualy editing unicode for example

[dedndave]

yes - Drizz's method with "AND 0FF00FFh" is nice and clean   :U

[oex]

heh just read your post properly dave.... cleaner still :lol

mov eax, 620061h
mov [edi], eax

[dedndave]

Code Select Expand

        mov dword ptr [edi],620061h   ;'a',0,'b',0
:P

[oex]

Awesome, ty :bg