Online HelpPC 2.10      Quick Reference Utility     Copyright 1991 David Jurgens
 
               SCAS - Scan String  (Byte, Word or Doubleword)               
                                                                                                                                                                          Usage:  SCAS    string                                                                   SCASB                                                                            SCASW                                                                            SCASD   (386+ only)                                                      Modifies flags: AF CF OF PF SF ZF                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Compares value at ES:DI (even if operand is specified) from the                  accumulator and sets the flags similar to a subtraction.  DI is                  incremented/decremented based on the instruction format (or                      operand size) and the state of the Direction Flag.  Use with REP                 prefixes.                                                                                                                                                
                                 Clocks                 Size                    
        Operands         808x  286   386   486          Bytes                   
                                                                                         string            15    7     7     6             1  (W88=19)                                                                                                                                                                                      - see Instruction Timing                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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