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| author | Malfurious <m@lfurio.us> | 2020-12-20 15:42:48 -0500 |
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| committer | Malfurious <m@lfurio.us> | 2020-12-20 15:42:48 -0500 |
| commit | 0c452f6508a2e14b22aa3abc93497ee6078a49f8 (patch) | |
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Create RE documentation directory
Signed-off-by: Malfurious <m@lfurio.us>
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diff --git a/docs/re/test_v_cmp.txt b/docs/re/test_v_cmp.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5a0c5af --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/re/test_v_cmp.txt @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +CMP subtracts operands and sets internal flags. Among these, it sets the +zero flag if the difference is zero (operands are equal). + +TEST sets the zero flag (ZF) when the result of the AND operation is zero. If +the two operands are equal, their bitwise AND is zero only when the operands +themselves are zero. TEST also sets the sign flag (SF) when the most +significant bit is set in the result, and the parity flag (PF) when the number +of set bits is even. + +JE (alias of JZ) tests the zero flag and jumps if it is set. This makes: +test eax, eax +je 0x1234 +equivalent to the C statement: +if (eax == 0) |