GJ>What is the best way to deal with bits? This is the way I have delt with
them
GJ>so far (just started learning asm 3 days ago):
GJ>and al,00100000b
GJ>cmp al,00100000b
GJ>Is that the best way to test bits?
No.  A better way is to use the operand TEST, which ANDs the bits, but stores
only the flags from doing so, and not the results.  Anyway, after an AND or a
TEST, the CMP is unnecessary.  The Zero flag will be the opposite of the bit
being tested, and if you used TEST, you don't lose the original value of the
register.
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