The AsmComp( Command

Command Summary

Compresses an assembly program in hexadecimal form into binary form.

Command Syntax

Asm(prgmORIGINAL,prgmRESULT)

Menu Location

This command is only found in the catalog. Press:

1. 2nd CATALOG to access the command catalog.
2. Scroll down to AsmComp( and press enter.

Calculator Compatibility

TI-83+/84+/SE

(not available on the regular TI-83)

Token Size

2 bytes

This command is used to compress an assembly program written using AsmPrgm into a "compiled" assembly program. This will make the program about twice as small, and protect it from being edited.

To use AsmComp(, give it the uncompressed assembly program, followed by the name you want the compiled program to have. That name can't be already taken. Since it's not easy to rename a compiled assembly program, if you want to write a program called prgmGAME, you type the uncompressed code in a program with a different name (e.g. GAMEA) and then do AsmComp(prgmGAMEA,prgmGAME).

Both types of assembly programs can be run with Asm(.

Error Conditions

• ERR:DUPLICATE is thrown if prgmRESULT is an already used program name;
• ERR:INVALID is thrown if prgmORIGINAL doesn't start with AsmPrgm;
• ERR:SYNTAX is thrown if prgmORIGINAL is not an assembly program.

Related Commands

• Asm(
• AsmPrgm

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