Arithmetic expansion is performed when an MDB command is preceded by an optional expression representing a start address, or a start address and a repeat count. Arithmetic expansion can also be performed to compute a numerical argument for a dcmd. An arithmetic expression can appear in an argument list enclosed in square brackets preceded by a dollar sign ($[ expression ]), and will be replaced by the value of the expression.
Expressions can contain any of the following special words:
The specified integer value. Integer values can be prefixed with 0i or 0I to indicate binary values, 0o or 0O to indicate octal values, 0t or 0T to indicate decimal values, and 0x or 0X to indicate hexadecimal values (the default).
The specified decimal floating point value, converted to its IEEE double-precision floating point representation
The integer value computed by converting each character to a byte equal to its ASCII value. Up to eight characters can be specified in a character constant. Characters are packed into the integer in reverse order (right-to-left), beginning at the least significant byte.
The value of the variable named by identifier
The value of the symbol named by identifier
The value of expression
The value of dot
The most recent value of dot used to execute a dcmd
The value of dot incremented by the current increment
The value of dot decremented by the current increment
The increment is a global variable that stores the total bytes read by the last formatting dcmd. For more information on the increment, refer to the discussion of Formatting dcmds.
Unary operators are right associative and have higher precedence than binary operators. The unary operators are:
Logical negation
Bitwise complement
Integer negation
Value of a pointer-sized quantity at the object file location corresponding to virtual address expression in the target's virtual address space
Value of a char-, short-, int-, or long-sized quantity at the object file location corresponding to virtual address expression in the target's virtual address space
Value of a one-, two-, four-, or eight-byte quantity at the object file location corresponding to virtual address expression in the target's virtual address space
Value of a pointer-sized quantity at virtual address expression in the target's virtual address space
Value of a char-, short-, int-, or long-sized quantity at virtual address expression in the target's virtual address space
Value of a one-, two-, four-, or eight-byte quantity at virtual address expression in the target's virtual address space
Binary operators are left associative and have lower precedence than unary operators. The binary operators, in order of precedence from highest to lowest, are:
Integer multiplication
Integer division
Left-hand side rounded up to next multiple of right-hand side
Integer addition
Integer subtraction
Bitwise shift left
Bitwise shift right
Logical equality
Logical inequality
Bitwise AND
Bitwise exclusive OR
Bitwise inclusive OR