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Elite on the BBC Micro

Text: HEXPRNT [Master version]

Name: HEXPRNT [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Text Summary: Print a number in hexadecimal (unused)
Context: See this subroutine in context in the source code References: No direct references to this subroutine in this source file

Arguments: A The number to print
.HEXPRNT PHA \ Store A on the stack so we can grab the lower nibble \ from it later LSR A \ Shift A right so that it contains the upper nibble LSR A \ of the original argument LSR A LSR A JSR HEXP \ Call HEXP below to print 0-F for the upper nibble PLA \ Restore A from the stack AND #%00001111 \ Extract the lower nibble and fall through into HEXP \ to print 0-F for the lower nibble .HEXP CMP #10 \ If A >= 10, skip the next three instructions BCS P%+7 ADC #'0' \ A < 10, so print the number in A as a digit 0-9 and JMP CHPR \ return from the subroutine using a tail call ADC #'6' \ A >= 10, so print the number in A as a digit A-F and JMP CHPR \ return from the subroutine using a tail call