> ld hl,DATA_AREA
> ld de,DATA_AREA+1
> ld bc,4096-1
> ld (hl),0
> ldir
Yes, it is the faster method to fill a memory area.
In general, for a loop with more than 256 steps, I use the following
code:
ld bc,ITERATIONS
LOOP: push bc
...
(whatever must be done ITERATIONS times)
...
pop bc
dec bc
ld a,b
or c
jr nz,LOOP
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