On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 02:07:09PM +0100, zantos wrote:
> Just a little help please....
> I know how to divide an 8 bit binary x 8bit binary number by successive
> subwf but how can I start with a 16 x 16?

First off you can do it the same way. Simply count the number of 16 bit
subtracts required.

However the faster way to do division is to shift the divisor and subtract
the shifted divisor from the dividend. Here's a description I posted just
about a year ago:

http://www.infosite.com/~jkeyzer/piclist/2000/Jul/1363.html

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BAJ

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