Displaying a decimal larger than 255 on LCD?

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    Quote Originally Posted by djmachine View Post
    Hello. Exactly as the title states.. how do I display a decimal larger than 255? I am storing a count in two bytes in an array and would like to display the 2 bytes as a decimal on the LCD which can be 0 - 65535?

    Thanks!

    how about:

    Code:
    MyWord = LowByte + HighByte << 8  ' Multiply HighByte by 256 (left shift 8) and add LowByte

LCDOUT $fe,$1, MyWord
    Aratti had it right in post #4 I think, except I did it with leftshift instead of multiply by 256. Same thing...


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