Q30383: FIX: SUBSTR Will Not Work if Target Is the Same as Source

Article: Q30383
Product(s): Microsoft Macro Assembler
Version(s): 5.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 04-MAY-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM), version 5.1 
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SYMPTOMS
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The SUBSTR assignment to A in the following program should not be different than
the SUBSTR assignment to B:

      .MODEL SMALL
      .CODE
  A   equ    <abcdef>
  B   substr A,4
  A   substr A,4
      END

In this program, the assignment to B is "abcdef". The assignment to A is "def".

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM)
version 5.1. This problem was corrected in MASM version 5.1a.

Additional query words: 5.10 buglist5.10 fixlist5.10a

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMASMsearch kbAudDeveloper kbMASM510
Version           : :5.1
Solution Type     : kbfix

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