TAY

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TAY (short for "Transfer Accumulator to Y") is the mnemonic for a machine language instruction which transfers ("copies") the contents of the accumulator into the Y index register.

Addressing mode[edit | edit source]

Opcode Addressing
mode
Assembler
format
Length
in bytes
Number of
cycles
Dec Hex
168 A8 Implied TAY 1 2

TAY only supports the Implied addressing mode, as shown in the table at right.

CPU flags[edit | edit source]

TAY affects 2 of the CPU's status flags:

  • The negative status flag is set if the byte transferred is negative, i.e. has it's most significant bit set.
  • The zero flag is set if the byte transferred is zero, or cleared if it is non-zero.