NEG - 8086

Negate. Makes operand negative (two's complement).
Algorithm:
Invert all bits of the operand
Add 1 to inverted operand

Syntax

NEG Reg
NEG memory

Example

MOV AL, 5 ; AL = 05h
NEG AL ; AL = 0FBh (-5)
NEG AL ; AL = 05h (5)
RET

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