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[jj2007]

Just answer me something, what TheBranch=1 is for?

It is called "conditional assembly". Masm generates either the loop code, or the three print statements. Good for testing variants.

[lelejau]

Still dont get it.

[jj2007]

Masm generates different code depending on the value of TheBranch. The first variant uses a loop, the second one

• , [4] etc to get the address of array elements; this is less flexible, of course.
  
  You can see the difference if you run the executable(s) with OllyDbg.
  
  
  Code Select Expand
    if TheBranch eq 1
mov esi, offset TheArray ; start of array pointers
.Repeat
lodsd ; mov eax, [esi] plus add esi, 4
.Break .if !eax ; eax = 0 means end of pointers
print eax, 13, 10 ; print it...
.Until 0
  else
print TheArray[0], 13, 10
print TheArray[4], 13, 10
print TheArray[8], 13, 10
  endif


[lelejau]

ok, thanks.