PUSH

Copies the operand into (SP), then increments SP by 2.

Syntax

push reg16

Allowed Instructions

push af
push bc
push de
push hl
push ix
push iy

Effects

Flags are unaffected.

Uses

Used for saving register values onto the stack. Also used when you want to load a 16-bit register into another 16-bit register (the LD instruction won't work for this).

T-States

rr represents a two byte register pair: BC, DE, HL, SP

rr	11
ix	15
iy	15

See Also

POP