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7493: Get Common Word
Used by the routine at PrintMessage.
Looks up one of the common words used by the message printer.
Input
A Letter reference
Output
DE Common word address
GetCommonWord 7493 SUB $60 Treat a letter at 60 or above as a common word.
7495 LD E,A Create offset for the dictionary look-up.
7496 LD D,$00
7498 LD HL,$AD3D Point HL at common Words.
749B ADD HL,DE Add to base address at CommonWords so that pointer is at the referenced word.
749C ADD HL,DE
749D LD E,(HL) Read the low byte of CommonWords.
749E INC HL Step to the next letter.
749F LD A,(HL) Read the next byte of the text.
74A0 ADD A,$50 Add 50 to A and store the result in D.
74A2 LD D,A Keep the class token plus 50.
74A3 JP PrintMessage_Token Jump back to PrintMessage_Token to print a dictionary token.
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