TYPEDEF Operator

The TYPEDEF operator lets you create a user-defined type that has all the status of a built-in type when defining variables. It is ideal for creating pointer variables.


 PWORD TYPEDEF PTR WORD   PWORD TYPEDEF PTR DWORD  
 
 
 PWORD  TYPEDEF  PTR  WORD

 
 
 .data
 
 
 array    WORD   10h, 20h, 30h, 40h
 
 
 pointer  PWORD  array

 
 
 .code
 
 
     mov   ecx, LENGTHOF array
 
 
     mov   eax, 0
 
 
     mov   esi, pointer
 
 
 L1: add   ax, [esi]
 
 
     add   esi, 2
 
 
     loop  L1
 
 
     call  WriteHex
 
 
 
 PDWORD  TYPEDEF  PTR  DWORD

 
 
 .data
 
 
 array    WORD    10h, 20h, 30h, 40h
 
 
 pointer  PDWORD  array

 
 
 .code
 
 
     mov   ecx, 2
 
 
     mov   eax, 0
 
 
     mov   esi, pointer
 
 
 L1: add   eax, [esi]
 
 
     add   esi, 4
 
 
     loop  L1
 
 
     call  WriteHex
 Output   Output 

     

     

The following list gives the differences between register and [register]:

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