Compares the contents of a general-purpose register and a given value algebraically.
| cmpi | BF,L,RA,SI |
See "Extended Mnemonics of Fixed-Point Compare Instructions" for more information.
The cmpi instruction compares the contents of general-purpose register (GPR) RA and a 16- bit signed integer, SI, as signed integers and sets one of the bits in Condition Register Field BF.
BF can be Condition Register Field 0-7; programmers can specify which Condition Register Field will indicate the result of the operation.
The bits of Condition Register Field BF are interpreted as follows:
| Bit | Name | Description |
| 0 | LT | (RA) < SI |
| 1 | GT | (RA) > SI |
| 2 | EQ | (RA) = SI |
| 3 | SO | SO,OV |
The cmpi instruction has one syntax form and does not affect the Fixed-Point Exception Register. Condition Register Field 0 is unaffected unless it is specified as BF by the programmer.
The following code compares the contents of GPR 4 and the signed integer 0x11 and sets Condition Register Field 0 to reflect the result of the operation:
# Assume GPR 4 contains 0xFFFF FFE7. cmpi 0,4,0x11 # The LT bit of Condition Register Field 0 is set.
The cmp (Compare) instruction, cmpl (Compare Logical) instruction, cmpli (Compare Logical Immediate) instruction.