Section 07 Part 03 – Signed Sets (SGE, SGT, SLE, SLT)

“Peace does not mean an absence of conflict, because opposition, polarity and conflict are natural and universal laws." ~Bryant McGill

Introduction

These four S## instructions set/clear the destination operand based on signed results, just like BGE, BGT, BLE and BLT.

The SGE Instruction

SGE – Set on Greater than or Equal

The N (Negative) and V (oVerflow) flags are tested, if they both match true or false, the destination operand is set (%11111111), if they don't match however, the destination operand is cleared (%00000000).

Examples

This instruction uses the N and V flags together to detect if the result is greater than or equal:

cmpi.w #$0020,d0

sge.b d1

We’ll pretend d0 contains 00009800, the CMP is word, so the comparison is 0020 & 9800.

• 9800 is not higher than or equal to 0020, V is clear but N is set. The SGE instruction will set d1 as 00000000.

Now let’s pretend d0 contains 00000492. The comparison is 0020 & 0492.

· 0492 is higher than 0020, V and N are both clear. The SGE instruction will set d1 as 000000FF.

The SGT Instruction

SGT – Set on Greater Than

The Z (Zero), N (Negative) and V (oVerflow) flags are tested, if the following conditions are met:

1. The Z, N and V flags are all clear
2. The Z flag is clear, but the N and V flags are both set

Then the destination operand is set (%11111111). If none of the conditions are met however, then the destination operand is cleared (%00000000).

Examples

This instruction uses the Z, N and V flags together to detect if the result is greater than:

cmpi.w #$0020,d0

sgt.b d1

We’ll pretend d0 contains 00000020, the CMP is word, so the comparison is 0020 & 0020.

• 0020 is not higher than 0020. 0020 - 0020 = 0000 so the Z flag is set. The SGT instruction will set d1 as 00000000.

Now let’s pretend d0 contains 00000492. The comparison is 0020 & 0492.

• 0492 is higher than 0020. Z, V and N are all clear. The SGT instruction will set d1 as 000000FF.

The SLE Instruction

SLE – Set on Less than or Equal

The Z (Zero), N (Negative) and V (oVerflow) flags are tested, if the following conditions are met:

1. The Z flag is clear
2. The N flag is clear, but the V flag is set
3. The N flag is set, but the V flag is clear

Then the destination operand is set (%11111111). If none of the conditions are met however, then the destination operand is cleared (%00000000).

Examples

This instruction is the polar opposite of SGE:

cmpi.w #$0020,d0

sle.b d1

We’ll pretend d0 contains 00009800, the CMP is word, so the comparison is 0020 & 9800.

• 9800 is lower than 0020, V is clear but N is set. The SLE instruction will set d1 as 000000FF.

Now let’s pretend d0 contains 00000492. The comparison is 0020 & 0492.

· 0492 is higher than 0020, V and N are both clear. The SLE instruction will set d1 as 00000000.

The SLT Instruction

SLT – Branch on Lower Than

The N (Negative) and V (oVerflow) flags are tested, if the following conditions are met:

1. The N flag is clear, but the V flag is set
2. The N flag is set, but the V flag is clear

Then the destination operand is set (%11111111). If none of the conditions are met however, then the destination operand is cleared (%00000000).

Examples

This instruction is the polar opposite of SGT:

cmpi.w #$0020,d0

slt.b d1

We’ll pretend d0 contains 00000020, the CMP is word, so the comparison is 0020 & 0020.

• 0020 is not lower than 0020, so both V and N are cleared. The SLT instruction will set d1 as 00000000.

Now let’s pretend d0 contains 00008492. The comparison is 0020 & 8492.

• 8492 is lower than 0020, so V is clear, but N is set 8492 - 0020 = 8472 (Negative). The SLT instruction will set d1 as 000000FF.

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