iflt <label><label> is a label name. To define the location of the label, use the <label> name followed by a colon:
<label>:<label> then becomes associated the address of the following instruction. Labels can only be assigned one location in a method. On the other hand, a single <label> can be the target of multiple branch instructions.
Stack Before
Description After value ... ...
iflt pops the top int off the operand stack. If the int is less than zero, execution branches to the address (pc + branchoffset), where pc is the address of the iflt opcode in the bytecode and branchoffset is a 16-bit signed integer parameter following the ifeq opcode in the bytecode. If the int on the stack is greater than or equal to zero, execution continues at the next instruction.
If you are using Jasmin, branchoffset is computed for you from the address of <label>.
Example
iload_1 ; push the int value in local variable 1 onto the stack iflt Label ; if the value on the stack is below zero, jump to Label return ; return if local variable 1 is greater than or equal to zero Label: ; execution continues here if local variable 1 is less than zero...Bytecode
Type | Description |
u1 | iflt opcode = 0x9B (155) |
s2 | branchoffset |
ifnull, ifeq, ifle, ifne, ifnonnull, ifgt, ifge
Notes
Addresses are measured in bytes from the start of the bytecode (i.e. address 0 is the first byte in the bytecode of the currently executing method).