; Turbo Assembler example. Copyright (c) 1993 By Borland International, Inc.
;
; VAREXCH.ASM
;
; Usage: Run tasm on this file and link with varexch.pas

CODE      SEGMENT
          ASSUME cs:CODE,ds:NOTHING

; Parameters (note that offset are +2 because of push bp)

var1      EQU    DWORD PTR ss:[bp+12]
var2      EQU    DWORD PTR ss:[bp+8]
count     EQU    WORD PTR  ss:[bp+6]


Exchange  PROC FAR
          PUBLIC Exchange
          cld                           ;exchange goes upward
          mov     dx,ds                 ;save DS
          push    bp
          mov     bp,sp                 ;get stack base
          lds     si,var1               ;get first address
          les     di,var2               ;get second address
          mov     cx,count              ;get number of bytes to move
          shr     cx,1                  ;get word count (low bit -> carry)
          jnc     ExchangeWords         ;if no odd byte, enter loop
          mov     al,es:[di]            ;read odd byte from var2
          movsb                         ;move a byte from var1 to var2
          mov     [si-1],al             ;write var2 byte to var1
          jz      Finis                 ;done if only 1 byte to exchange
ExchangeWords:
          mov     bx,-2                 ;BX is a handy place to keep -2
ExchangeLoop:
          mov     ax,es:[di]            ;read a word from var2
          movsw                         ;do a move from var1 to var2
          mov     [bx][si],ax           ;write var2 word to var1
          loop    ExchangeLoop          ;repeat "count div 2" times
Finis:
          mov     ds,dx                 ;get back Turbo's DS
          pop     bp
          ret     10
Exchange  ENDP
CODE      ENDS
          END
