need help understanding the carry flag..

[malis2007]

Hello there
i have a problem understanding the carry flag :/
i added these lines to the SUB instruction in the CE's step 2 TUT

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pushad
pushfd
mov eax,2
add eax,1
popfd
popad

after the add instruction, why is the carry flag being set? (CF=1)

and why is it cleared (CF=0) when i replaced this code:

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mov eax,2

with either 7,A or even F the carry flag is cleared? (CF=0)
e.g.

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mov eax,F

Thanks for reading, and your help inadvanced..

[gir489]

[Link], the CF is set if an arithmetic operation generates a carry of the most significant bit. It also indicates an overflow condition for unsigned integers.

You'll notice that the AF flag was set on your 2nd permutation of the code. That's the Adjust Flag. This means that the lower 4 bits were carried instead.

[malis2007]

[Link], the CF is set if an arithmetic operation generates a carry of the most significant bit. It also indicates an overflow condition for unsigned integers.

You'll notice that the AF flag was set on your 2nd permutation of the code. That's the Adjust Flag. This means that the lower 4 bits were carried instead.

Thanks for your reply,

but how does it set the carry flag when we add 2 to 1?
0010
+0001
-----
0011

[gir489]

0 was carried.