DEC Decrement Operand
Flags affected:
O D I T S Z A P C OF: Overflow flag TF: Trap flag AF: Aux carry
F F F F F F F F F DF: Direction flag SF: Sign flag PF: Parity flag
* * * * * IF: Interrupt flag ZF: Zero flag CF: Carry flag
Legal forms:
DEC m8
DEC m16
DEC m32
DEC r8
DEC r16
DEC r32
Examples:
DEC AL
DEC CX
DEC EBX
DEC BYTE [BP] ; Decrements the BYTE at [BP]
DEC WORD [BX] ; Decrements the WORD at [BX]
DEC DWORD [EDX] ; Decrements the DWORD at [EDX]
Notes:
Remember that segment registers cannot be decremented with DEC. All register-half opcodes are 2 bytes in length, but all 16-bit register opcodes are 1 byte in length. If you can decrement an entire register of which only the lower half contains data, use the 16-bit opcode and save a byte.As with all instructions that act on memory, memory data forms must be used with a data size specifier such as BYTE, WORD, and DWORD! NASM doesn't assume anything!
r8 = AL AH BL BH CL CH DL DH r16 = AX BX CX DX BP SP SI DI
sr = CS DS SS ES FS GS r32 = EAX EBX ECX EDX EBP ESP ESI EDI
m8 = 8-bit memory data m16 = 16-bit memory data
m32 = 32-bit memory data i8 = 8-bit immediate data
i16 = 16-bit immediate data i32 = 32-bit immediate data
d8 = 8-bit signed displacement d16 = 16-bit signed displacement
d32 = 32-bit unsigned displacement