Divide by 3

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A lot of times, you need to divide something by 3. One way is to multiply by $55.

16-bit dividend, no remainder

 ; divide 16 bit number by 3 by multiplying by 1/3
 ; enter with
 ; A containing the hi byte of the number to be divided by 3
 ; Y containing the lo byte of the number to be divided by 3
 ; the hi byte of the partial product is kept in A or saved
 ; on the stack when neccessary
 ; the product (N/3 quotient) is returned hi byte in A,
 ; lo byte in Y

.proc div3_ay

 ; save the number in lo_temp, hi_temp

 sty lo_temp
 sty lo_product
 sta hi_temp

 ldy #$09
 clc
 bcc ENTER

 ; each pass through loop adds the number in
 ; lo_temp, hi_temp to the partial product and
 ; then divides the partial product by 4

LOOP:
 pha
 lda lo_product
 adc lo_temp
 sta lo_product
 pla
 adc hi_temp
ENTER:
 ror
 ror lo_product
 lsr
 ror lo_product
 dey
 bne LOOP
 ldy lo_product
 rts
.endproc

8-bit dividend, no remainder

 ; enter with number to be divided in A
 ; answer returned in A
.proc div3_a
 sta temp
 lsr
 lsr
 adc temp
 ror
 lsr
 adc temp
 ror
 lsr
 adc temp
 ror
 lsr
 adc temp
 ror
 lsr
 rts
.endproc

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