Arithmetic and Logic Instructions

add — Integer Addition

The add instruction adds together its two operands, storing the result in its first operand. Note, whereas both operands may be registers, at most one operand may be a memory location.

Syntax add <reg>,<reg> add <reg>,<mem> add <mem>,<reg> add <reg>,<con> add <mem>,<con>

Examples add eax, 10 — EAX ← EAX + 10 add BYTE PTR [var], 10 — add 10 to the single byte stored at memory address var

sub — Integer Subtraction

The sub instruction stores in the value of its first operand the result of subtracting the value of its second operand from the value of its first operand. As with add

Syntax sub <reg>,<reg> sub <reg>,<mem> sub <mem>,<reg> sub <reg>,<con> sub <mem>,<con>

Examples sub al, ah — AL ← AL - AH sub eax, 216 — subtract 216 from the value stored in EAX

inc, dec — Increment, Decrement

The inc instruction increments the contents of its operand by one. The dec instruction decrements the contents of its operand by one.

Syntax inc <reg> inc <mem> dec <reg> dec <mem>

Examples dec eax — subtract one from the contents of EAX. inc DWORD PTR [var] — add one to the 32-bit integer stored at location var

imul — Integer Multiplication

The imul instruction has two basic formats: two-operand (first two syntax listings above) and three-operand (last two syntax listings above).

The two-operand form multiplies its two operands together and stores the result in the first operand. The result (i.e. first) operand must be a register.

The three operand form multiplies its second and third operands together and stores the result in its first operand. Again, the result operand must be a register. Furthermore, the third operand is restricted to being a constant value.

Syntax imul <reg32>,<reg32> imul <reg32>,<mem> imul <reg32>,<reg32>,<con> imul <reg32>,<mem>,<con>

Examples

imul eax, [var] — multiply the contents of EAX by the 32-bit contents of the memory location var. Store the result in EAX.

imul esi, edi, 25 — ESI → EDI * 25

idiv — Integer Division

The idiv instruction divides the contents of the 64 bit integer EDX:EAX (constructed by viewing EDX as the most significant four bytes and EAX as the least significant four bytes) by the specified operand value. The quotient result of the division is stored into EAX, while the remainder is placed in EDX.

Syntax idiv <reg32> idiv <mem>

Examples

idiv ebx — divide the contents of EDX:EAX by the contents of EBX. Place the quotient in EAX and the remainder in EDX.

idiv DWORD PTR [var] — divide the contents of EDX:EAS by the 32-bit value stored at memory location var. Place the quotient in EAX and the remainder in EDX.

and, or, xor — Bitwise logical and, or and exclusive or

These instructions perform the specified logical operation (logical bitwise and, or, and exclusive or, respectively) on their operands, placing the result in the first operand location.

Syntax and <reg>,<reg> and <reg>,<mem> and <mem>,<reg> and <reg>,<con> and <mem>,<con>

or <reg>,<reg> or <reg>,<mem> or <mem>,<reg> or <reg>,<con> or <mem>,<con>

xor <reg>,<reg> xor <reg>,<mem> xor <mem>,<reg> xor <reg>,<con> xor <mem>,<con>

Examples and eax, 0fH — clear all but the last 4 bits of EAX. xor edx, edx — set the contents of EDX to zero.

not — Bitwise Logical Not

Logically negates the operand contents (that is, flips all bit values in the operand).

Syntax not <reg> not <mem>

Example not BYTE PTR [var] — negate all bits in the byte at the memory location var.