Seems to me that this would be 1 instruction shorter & 1 cycle quicker
if you just did either of these:

    bcf   otherfile,otherbit
    btfsc  testfile,the_bit
    bsf   otherfile,otherbit

  *or*

    bsf   otherfile,otherbit
    btfss  testfile,the_bit
    bcf   otherfile,otherbit

It's not like you need 2 tests <G>

  Mark  (Been offline, hope someone else saw this as well <G>)

Gennette Bruce wrote:
>
> If you've got a few spare bytes then 2 test and forces can be used (a little
> unsubtle, but it works)
>
>    btfss  testfile,the_bit
>    bcf   otherfile,otherbit
>    btfsc  testfile,the_bit
>    bsf   otherfile,otherbit
>
> If the_bit is set then the code jumps the bcf, but performs the bsf (copies
> the bit)
> If the_bit is clear then the code performs the bcf, but jumps the bsf
> (copies the bit)
>
> Bye.
>
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From:   Dmitry Kiryashov [SMTP:dk@CARROLL.COM]
>         Sent:   Tuesday, 10 August 1999 2:57
>         To:     PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>         Subject:        Re: copying a bit
>
>         Hi Scott.
>
>         > But there really isn't a clean way to copy a bit from one
>         > location to another.
>
>         Actually I guess that you mean that there are alot of ways
>         to do it ;-)
>
>         WBR Dmitry.