DOCERR: Conditional Jump Instruction Is Incorrectly Documented

Last reviewed: November 3, 1994
Article ID: Q67757
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Macro Assembler for MS-DOS, versions 5.0, 5.1, and 5.1a
  • Microsoft Macro Assembler for OS/2, versions 5.1 and 5.1a

Page 336 of the "Microsoft Macro Assembler 5.1 Programmer's Guide" shipped with MASM version 5.0 and 5.1 has a table that lists the various conditional jump instructions, what each means, and whether each acts on a signed or unsigned value. The table has the signed/unsigned values mixed up.

The table currently states:

   Letter  Meaning
   ------  -------

    J      Jump
    G      Greater than (for unsigned comparisons)
    L      Less than (for unsigned comparisons)
    A      Above (for signed comparisons)
    B      Below (for signed comparisons)
    E      Equal
    N      Not

It should read:

   Letter  Meaning
   ------  -------

    J      Jump
    G      Greater than (for signed comparisons)
    L      Less than (for signed comparisons)
    A      Above (for unsigned comparisons)
    B      Below (for unsigned comparisons)
    E      Equal
    N      Not


Additional reference words: 5.00 5.10 5.10a
KBCategory: kbprg kbdocerr
KBSubcategory: MASMLngIss


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Last reviewed: November 3, 1994
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