Something Won't Work

[omni]

This is what my code looks like:

xcoor equ savesscreen
ycoor equ savesscreen+1

ld a,88
ld (xcoor),a
ld hl,(xcoor)
ld a,8
bcall(_DivHLByA) ;hl has integer part of quotient ,a has the remainder
bcall(_Disphl)
;the rest of the code


When it gets to the display hl, it outputs 43. The purpose of this code is to try to create smooth scrolling sprite. You're probably wondering why I just didn't load 88 directly into hl instead of doing what I did above. The reason is I in the future, if I can get the code above to work, then I will be loading different values into (xcoor) and not just 88.

If anyone knows another way to divide 'hl' by 'a' or knows whats wrong, then please post.

[tr1p1ea]

..... I dont really see how exactly you plan on creating a smooth scrolling sprite by dividin the xCoord by 8 ..... ?

[omni]

The screen is 96 pixels. So the number 88 means go 88 pixels across and start drawing there. If it is a number that isn't divided by 8 evenly, then I bit shift 'r' times where 'r' is the remainder when you divide by 8. I'm not entirely sure if this will work, or if this is efficient.

[Adm.Wiggin]