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The document outlines a lab assignment for CSCI 220 focused on implementing subroutines in MIPS. Students are required to write a program that reads four numbers, finds the maximum and minimum values using subroutines, and adheres to MIPS conventions. Sample code is provided to illustrate the use of subroutine calls and system calls for input and output.

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MipsLab1

The document outlines a lab assignment for CSCI 220 focused on implementing subroutines in MIPS. Students are required to write a program that reads four numbers, finds the maximum and minimum values using subroutines, and adheres to MIPS conventions. Sample code is provided to illustrate the use of subroutine calls and system calls for input and output.

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CSCI 220 – Computer Architecture 1

Implementing subroutines using MIPS. In this lab we shall use the jal and jr commands
to implement subroutine calls. The assignment requires you to write a program that reads in 4
numbers and prints out the maximum and minimum of the input numbers. A sample run of the
program will look like the following:

Please input a number: 13


Please input a number: 11
Please input a number: 19
Please input a number: 8
The maximum of the four numbers is 19
The minimum of the four numbers is 8

The requirements are as follows:

1. Write a subroutine readtwo that prompts for and reads two integers and returns them to the
calling program.

2. Write a subroutine findminmax that takes 4 integers as input parameters and returns the
minimum and the maximum of these to the calling program.

3. Write a main program that calls readtwo twice to get the input and then calls findminmax
to complete the computation and prints the result.

4. Use all the appropriate MIPS conventions for the use of registers.

5. Have your program checked for correctness during the lab and turn in a printout.

Sample Code that uses a subroutine call:

## v0 - reads in an integer
## t0 - holds the sum
## a0 - points to strings to be printed
## - also used to pass N to "sumup"
# text segment #

.text
.globl __start
main: # execution starts here

la $a0,prompt1 # print prompt on terminal


li $v0,4 # system call to print
syscall # out a string

li $v0,5 # syscall 5 reads an integer


syscall
1
move $a0, $v0 # copy the integer to $a0

jal sumup # procedure/function call

move $t0, $v0 # copy the sum to $t0

la $a0,ans1 # print string before the sum


li $v0,4
syscall

move $a0,$t0 # print the sum


li $v0,1
syscall

la $a0,endl # syscal to print out


li $v0,4 # a new line
syscall

li $v0,10 # exit
syscall # Bye!

## The function "sumup" will calculate the sum of


## the integers from 1 to N (N will be passed to
## the function "sumup" in register $a0, and
## the sum will be returned in $v0).

sumup:
move $v0, $0 # Initialize the sum to 0
#li $v0, 0 # OR initialize it this way

loop: add $v0, $v0, $a0 # $v0 = $v0 + $a0


addi $a0, $a0, -1 # $a0 = $a0 - 1
bnez $a0, loop # branch to loop if $a0 != 0

jr $ra # return to the calling function

# data segment #

.data

prompt1: .asciiz "Please enter an integer: "

ans1: .asciiz "The sum is "

endl: .asciiz "\n"


2
##
## end of file sum.s

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