= Asm code for finding first occurrence of letter in string =

''Part of'' TutorialIntermediate

== Description ==

More or less equivalent to std.string.find. (also similar to C-RTL for strchr except finds count offset rather than char*). 

Demonstrates reference of local char[] variable, repne, scasb, etc.

== Example ==
{{{
#!d
/*
 *  Copyright (C) 2004 by Digital Mars, www.digitalmars.com
 *  Written by Lynn Allan
 *  This software is provided 'as-is' by a rusty asm-486 programmer.
 *  Released to public domain.
 *
 * Compile with: dmd test.d (uses dmd ver 0.102)
 */

import std.stdio;
import std.string;

void main ()
{
  string searchString = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.";
  //                     00000000001111111111222222222233333333334444
  //                     01234567890123456789012345678901234567890123
  char* pss = &searchString[0]; // searchString[0];
  uint foundOffset = find(searchString, 'z');
  uint zCode = 'z';
  uint len = searchString.length;
  writefln("z found at: %s", foundOffset);
  uint xCode = 'x';
  foundOffset = find(searchString, 'x');
  len = searchString.length;
  writefln("x found at: %s", foundOffset);

  asm {
    cld;
    mov   ECX,len;
    mov   EAX,zCode;
    mov   EDI,pss;
    repne;
    scasb;
    mov   EBX,len;
    sub   EBX,ECX;
    dec   EBX;
    mov   foundOffset,EBX;
  }
  writefln("z found at: %s", foundOffset);
  assert(foundOffset==38);

  asm {
    cld;
    mov   ECX,len;
    mov   EAX,xCode;
    mov   EDI,pss;
    repne;
    scasb;
    mov   EBX,len;
    sub   EBX,ECX;
    dec   EBX;
    mov   foundOffset,EBX;
  }
  writefln("x found at: %s", foundOffset);
  assert(foundOffset==18);
}
}}}