APPENDIX

BENCHMARK: Character Search

PROCESSOR: Motorola 6809

 

 

 

;REGISTER

USAGE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A -

ACCUMULATOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B -

COUNT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X -

TABLE POINTER

 

 

Bytes

Cycles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

3

-LOX

#PTR

 

;Initialize Table

Pointer

2

2

LOA

#CHAR

 

;Search character

 

2

2

LOB

#40

 

 

;Initialize count

 

2

6 AGAIN

CMPA

,X+

 

 

; Compare ,

autoincrement

2

3

BEQ

PASTPTR

;Jump if found

 

1

2

OECB

 

 

 

; Decrement

count

 

2

3

BNE

AGAIN

 

;00

again

unless B=O

3

3

LOX

#1

 

 

;Not

found: X will

return 0

2

5 PASTPTR

LEAX

- 1, X

 

;Adj ust X

 

 

 

 

19

bytes

of

code

 

 

 

 

 

9 lines

of

code

 

 

 

36

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