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Basic Info
Addressing Mode Opcode Length Speed
Accumulator 3A 1 byte 2 cycles
Absolute CE 3 bytes 6 cycles*
Direct Page C6 2 bytes 5 cycles*
Absolute Indexed by X DE 3 bytes 7 cycles*
Direct Page Indexed by X D6 2 bytes 6 cycles*
Flags Affected
N V M X D I Z C
N . . . . . Z .

DEC (Decrement) is a 65x instruction that decrements the value in the location specified by the operand by one. The size of the accumulator determines whether this is an 8 or 16 bit operation. An alternate mnemonic when the operand is the accumulator is "DEA."

DEC ignores the decimal mode flag and the carry flag.

Syntax

DEC
DEC A
DEA
DEC addr
DEC dp
DEC addr, X
DEC dp, X

If you need to subtract two or more from the accumulator, consider SBC instead.

Cycle Penalties

Although the NMOS 6502 does have DEC, it does not work on the accumulator. When porting code to the 65c816, utilizing DEC more often instead of SBC can make code smaller and faster.

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