ldir
Load, increment and repeat
Copies BC bytes from (HL) to (DE), incrementing both, until BC is zero.
2 bytes · 21/16 cycles21 cycles for a pass that repeats, 16 for the last
Used in
- The Z80 instruction setZ80 assembly
SZHP/VNC ––000–
- 0 always 0
- – not changed
Forms
ldirTransfers a byte of data from the memory location pointed to by HL to the memory location pointed to by DE. Then HL and DE are incremented and BC is decremented. If BC is not zero, this operation is repeated. Interrupts can trigger while this instruction is processing.
.org 0x8000
ld hl, source
ld de, 0x9000
ld bc, 4
ldir
halt
source: .byte 1, 2, 3, 4