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LDX

Load Index Register X from Memory

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Load index register X with data from memory.

On all processors, the data loaded from memory is 8-bit. However, for 16-bit processors with the m flag is clear then the data added is 16-bit with the low-order 8-bits at the effective address and the high-order 8-bits at the effective address plus one.

Flags Affected
Flags
n-----z-
nSet if most-significant bit of result is set
zSet if result is zero
Instructions
SyntaxOpcode Available on: # of # of Addressing Mode
(hex) 6502 65C02 65816 bytes cycles
LDX #constA2 x x x 21 22 Immediate
LDX addrAE x x x 3 42 Absolute
LDX dpA6 x x x 2 32, 3 Direct Page
LDX addr,XBE x x x 3 42, 4 Absolute Indexed X
LDX dp,XB6 x x x 2 42, 3 Direct Page Indexed X

Notes:

  1. 65816: Add 1 byte if m=0 (16-bit memory/accumulator)
  2. 65816: Add 1 cycle if m=0 (16-bit memory/accumulator)
  3. 65816: Add 1 cycle if low byte of Direct Page register is not 0
  4. Add 1 cycle if adding index crosses a page boundary