;	MACRO LIBRARY FOR 8-BIT COMPARISON OPERATION
;
TEST?	MACRO	X,Y
;;	UTILTITY MACRO TO GENERATE CONDITION CODES
	IF	NOT NUL X	;;THEN LOAD X
	LDA	X	;;X ASSUMED TO BE IN MEMORY
	ENDIF
	IRPC	?Y,Y	;;Y MAY BE CONSTANT OPERAND
TDIG?	SET	'&?Y'-'0'	;;FIRST CHAR DIGIT?
	EXITM		;;STOP IRPC AFTER FIRST CHAR
	ENDM
	IF	TDIG? <= 9	;;Y NUMERIC?
	SUI	Y	;;YES, SO SUB IMMEDIATE
	ELSE
	LXI	H,Y	;;Y NOT NUMERIC
	SUB	M	;;SO SUB FROM MEMORY
	ENDM
;
LSS	MACRO	X,Y,TL,FL
;;	X LSS THAN Y TEST,
;;	IF TL IS PRESENT, ASSUME TRUE TEST
;;	IF TL IS ABSENT, THEN INVERT TEST
	IF	NUL TL
	GEQ	X,Y,FL
	ELSE
	TEST?	X,Y	;;SET CONDITION CODES
	JC	TL
	ENDM
;
LEQ	MACRO	X,Y,TL,FL
;;	X LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO Y TEST
	IF	NUL TL
	GTR	X,Y,FL
	ELSE
	LSS	X,Y,TL
	JZ	TL
	ENDM
;
EQL	MACRO	X,Y,TL,FL
;;	X EQUAL TO Y TEST
	IF	NUL TL
	NEQ	X,Y,FL
	ELSE
	TEST?	X,Y
	JZ	TL
	ENDM
;
NEQ	MACRO	X,Y,TL,FL
;;	X NOT EQUAL TO Y TEST
	IF	NUL TL
	EQL	X,Y,FL
	ELSE
	TEST?	X,Y
	JNZ	TL
	ENDM
;
GEQ	MACRO	X,Y,TL,FL
;;	X GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO Y TEST
	IF	NUL TL
	LSS	X,Y,FL
	ELSE
	TEST?	X,Y
	JNC	TL
	ENDM
;
GTR	MACRO	X,Y,TL,FL
;;	X GREATER THAN Y TEST
	IF	NUL TL
	LEQ	X,Y,FL
	ELSE
	LOCAL	GFL	;;FALSE LABEL
	TEST?	X,Y
	JC	GFL
	DCR	A
	JP	TL
GFL:	ENDM