Thank you for the info , I will see how things pan out
Regards- David

At 03:22 PM 13/08/97 -0700, you wrote:
>yes it is easy:
>the macros can even take parameters.
>
>for e.g. the following macro simulates
>an 8051 instruction (compare and jump if not equal)
>the macro begins with a "macro" declaration and ends with
>a "endm" statement. if the "reg" value is not equal
>to the constant the program branches to "label".
>
>
>cjne macro reg,constant,label
>        movlw   constant
>        subwf   reg,w
>        btfss   status,zero
>        goto    label
>
>        endm
>
>
>
>>
>> Is it possible in MPASM to create a #define-macro which translates to
>> - multiple lines of 'code', among which
>> - a start-of-macro-definition (the "label MACRO parameter,..." type of
>> macro) line
>>
>> I want to create
>>    #procedure(procname)
>> and
>>    #endproc
>> macros which (among other things) store the intervening lines as a macro
>> definition.
>>
>> regards,
>> Wouter.
>>
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