>
> Hi,
> I'm a beginner in programming of PIC, somebody can it come to my help?
> Here my problem: I want to test the contents of an indexed table of the
> form flag(Y), Y being a variable
>
> Example:
> The variable Y=2
> How to test bit 2 of flag ?
> I thought  making :
>
> y       equ     H' 11 '
>         movlw   2
>         movwf   y
>         btfss   flag, Y
>
> this instruction does not give satisfaction because it uses the value
> litteral of Y (H'11') and not its contents.

> De : Dmitry Kiryashov <spam_OUTzewsTakeThisOuTAHA.RU>
> A : .....PICLISTKILLspam@spam@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Objet : Re: programmers problem
> Date : samedi 22 août 1998 11:07
>
> Hello Yves.
>
> Seems to be this topic was discussed some time ago so I'll try to
> refresh it briefly. Feel free to ask any clarifying questions.
>
> ; y -> input value in range 0 .. 7 ;
> ; W -> output will mask like 00000001 .. 10000000
>
>         movlw   1
>         btfsc   y,1
>         movlw   4
>         movwf   temp
>
>         btfsc   y,0
>         addwf   temp,f
>
>         btfsc   y,2
>         swapf   temp,f
>
>         movfw   temp
> ;
>
> WBR Dmitry.
>
>
> Yves Heilig wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > I'm a beginner in programming of PIC, somebody can it come to my help?
> > Here my problem: I want to test the contents of an indexed table of the
> > form flag(Y), Y being a variable
> >
> > Example:
> > The variable Y=2
> > How to test bit 2 of flag ?
> > I thought  making :
> >
> > y       equ     H' 11 '
> >         movlw   2
> >         movwf   y
> >         btfss   flag, Y
> >
> > this instruction does not give satisfaction because it uses the value
> > litteral of Y (H'11') and not its contents.