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INSTRUCTION SET REFERENCE
BTSBit Test and Set
Description
This instruction selects the bit in a bit string (specified with the first operand, called the bit base)
at the bit-position designated by the bit offset operand (second operand), stores the value of the
bit in the CF flag, and sets the selected bit in the bit string to 1. The bit base operand can be a
register or a memory location; the bit offset operand can be a register or an immediate value. If
the bit base operand specifies a register, the instruction takes the modulo 16 or 32 (depending
on the register size) of the bit offset operand, allowing any bit position to be selected in a 16- or
32-bit register, respectively (refer to Figure 3-1). If the bit base operand specifies a memory
location, it represents the address of the byte in memory that contains the bit base (bit 0 of the
specified byte) of the bit string (refer to Figure 3-2). The offset operand then selects a bit position
within the range
?
2
31
to 2
31
?
1 for a register offset and 0 to 31 for an immediate offset.
Some assemblers support immediate bit offsets larger than 31 by using the immediate bit offset
field in combination with the displacement field of the memory operand. Refer to BTBit
Test in this chapter for more information on this addressing mechanism.
Operation
CF
<
Bit(BitBase, BitOffset)
Bit(BitBase, BitOffset)
<
1;
Flags Affected
The CF flag contains the value of the selected bit before it is set. The OF, SF, ZF, AF, and PF
flags are undefined.
Opcode
Instruction
Description
0F AB
BTS r/m16,r16
Store selected bit in CF flag and set
0F AB
BTS r/m32,r32
Store selected bit in CF flag and set
0F BA /5 ibBTS r/m16,imm8
Store selected bit in CF flag and set
0F BA /5 ibBTS r/m32,imm8
Store selected bit in CF flag and set
