Hello John . > But the "addwf" isn't executed. The "incfsz" increments the $FF to zero, > and thus skips the following instruction (the add). John . Please excuse me my dummy obstinacy ;) I was not look carefully into your code and I was think about INCF operation not INFSZ . ;( So , I was wrong stupid one . > But if you know the right magic you can save cycles. Faster than your example I really don't know . WBR Dmitry.