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=Exercises on Addressing Modes=
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=Exercises on Addressing Modes and Loops=
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==Exercise 1==
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Indicate the addressing used by each of the instructions below.
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<source lang="asm">
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;;;  ------------------------------------------------------------
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;;;  Identify possible errors in the instructions below, and
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;;;  indicate the addressing mode for each one.
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;;;  ------------------------------------------------------------
  
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==Exercise 1==
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                section .data
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Write a program that changes all the characters of an all-uppercase string to all-lowercase.  We assume the string does not contain blank spaces
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a              db      3
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b              db      0x12345678
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c              dw      0
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x              dd      30       
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array          dd      1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
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                section .text
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                global _start
  
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<font color="white">
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_start:        mov    eax, a
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<code><pre>
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                mov    eax, dword[a] ; is it an error?
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msg     db      "hellotherehowareyou"
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                mov    ebx, array
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MSGLEN  equ     $-msg
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                mov    eax, dword[ebx]
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                mov    esi, 0
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                mov    dword[ebx+esi], 0
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                mov    dword[ebx+esi+4], eax
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                mov    edi, b
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                mov     byte[edi], 'Z'
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                add     al, 'z'-'Z'
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                mov    ecx, 10
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for:            inc    ecx
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                loop    for
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;;;  exit()
  
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        mov    ebx, msg        ; ebx points to 1st char of msg                  
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                mov    eax,1
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        mov    ecx, MSGLEN    ; # of chars in string                         
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                 mov    ebx,0
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for:    sub     byte[ebx],32   ; lower to upper case, in memory               
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                int     0x80   ; final system call
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        inc    ebx            ; ebx points to next char                     
 
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        loop    for
 
  
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</pre></code>
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</source>
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</font>
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<br />
  
 
==Exercise 2==
 
==Exercise 2==
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Write a program that fills an array of 8 bytes with the first 8 fibonacci terms
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Write a program that changes all the characters of an all-uppercase string to all-lowercase.  We assume the string does not contain blank spaces.  You can find an ASCII table [http://www.asciitable.com/ here].
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<!--
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msg    db      "HELLOTHEREHOWAREYOU"
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MSGLEN  equ    $-msg
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        mov    ebx, msg        ; ebx points to 1st char of msg               
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        mov    ecx, MSGLEN    ; # of chars in string                         
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for:    sub    byte[ebx],32    ; lower to upper case, in memory               
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        inc    ebx            ; ebx points to next char                     
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        loop    for
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-->
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==Exercise 3==
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Write a program that fills an array of 8 bytes with the first 8 powers of 2: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, etc.
  
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<font color="white">
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<code><pre>
 
<code><pre>
 
fib    db      1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
 
fib    db      1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
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         loop    for              ; go back   
 
         loop    for              ; go back   
 
</pre></code>
 
</pre></code>
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</font>
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-->
  
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==Exercise 3==
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==Exercise 4==
 
Write a program that fills an array of 16 words with the first 16 fibonacci terms
 
Write a program that fills an array of 16 words with the first 16 fibonacci terms
  
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==Exercise 4==
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<code><pre>
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fib    dw      1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
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NOFIB  equ    ($-fib)/2
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        mov    ebx, fib
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        mov    esi, 2*2        ; point to Fib[3]                             
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        mov    ecx, NOFIB-2*2  ; skip first 2 Fibs                           
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        mov    al, byte[ebx+esi-1*2] ;                                         
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for:    add    al, byte[ebx+esi-2*2]
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        mov    byte[ebx+esi], al ; fib_i = fib_i-1 + fib_i-2                 
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        add    esi,2              ; point to next uncomputed fib 
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        loop    for              ; go back 
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</pre></code>
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-->
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==Exercise 5==
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Write a program that fills an array of 10 double-words with the first 10 powers of 2.
 
Write a program that fills an array of 10 double-words with the first 10 powers of 2.
  
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==Exercise 5==
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Assume an array of 11 words, and the first words contains a constant.  Write the program that stores 1/2 the value of the constant in the 2nd word, 1/4 the value in the 3rd word, 1/8 4th word, 1/16 5th word, etc.
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<code><pre>
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Powers  dd      0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
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NOPOW  equ    ($-Powers)/4
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        mov    ebx, Powers    ; ebx points to powers                         
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        mov    eax, 1
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        mov    dword[ebx], eax ; 2^0                                         
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        mov    ecx, NOPOW-1    ; ready to loop 9 times                       
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for:    shl    eax, 1         ; multiply eax by 2, store in next             
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        mov    dword[ebx], eax ; cell of array                               
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        add    ebx, 4          ; point to next empty cell                     
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        loop    for            ; go 9 times         
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</pre></code>
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-->
  
 
==Exercise 6==
 
==Exercise 6==
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Copy a string into another string, reversing the order of the string to see if they are palindromes.
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The example below copies a string into another string, reversing the order of the string (to see if the original string is a palindrome, for example). Rewrite it using a ''based indexed'' addressing mode.
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<!--
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msg1    db      "Esope reste ici et se repose"
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msg2    db      "                            "
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MSGLEN  equ    $-msg2
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        mov    esi, msg1
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        mov    edi, msg2
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        mov    ecx, MSGLEN
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for    mov    al, byte[esi]
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        mov    byte[edi], al
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        inc    esi
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        inc    edi
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        loop    for
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-->

Latest revision as of 06:22, 2 October 2014

Exercises on Addressing Modes and Loops


Exercise 1


Indicate the addressing used by each of the instructions below. 

;;;  ------------------------------------------------------------
;;;  Identify possible errors in the instructions below, and
;;;  indicate the addressing mode for each one.
;;;  ------------------------------------------------------------

                section .data
a               db      3
b               db      0x12345678
c               dw      0
x               dd      30        
array           dd      1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
        
                section .text
                global  _start

_start:         mov     eax, a
                mov     eax, dword[a] ; is it an error?
                mov     ebx, array
                mov     eax, dword[ebx]
                mov     esi, 0
                mov     dword[ebx+esi], 0
                mov     dword[ebx+esi+4], eax
                mov     edi, b
                mov     byte[edi], 'Z'
                add     al, 'z'-'Z'
                mov     ecx, 10
for:            inc     ecx
                loop    for
    
;;;  exit()

                mov     eax,1
                mov     ebx,0
                int     0x80    ; final system call


Exercise 2

Write a program that changes all the characters of an all-uppercase string to all-lowercase. We assume the string does not contain blank spaces. You can find an ASCII table here.


Exercise 3

Write a program that fills an array of 8 bytes with the first 8 powers of 2: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, etc.


Exercise 4

Write a program that fills an array of 16 words with the first 16 fibonacci terms


Exercise 5

Write a program that fills an array of 10 double-words with the first 10 powers of 2.


Exercise 6

The example below copies a string into another string, reversing the order of the string (to see if the original string is a palindrome, for example). Rewrite it using a based indexed addressing mode.


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