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Please answer this question in the Moodle Final-Exam Problem 6 section.
 
Please answer this question in the Moodle Final-Exam Problem 6 section.
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=Problem #7: Skype Art=
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<br />
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<code><pre>
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(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)
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(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(beer)(d)(beer)(d)(d)(^)(d)(d)(party)(party)(party)(d)(party)(party)(party)(d)(beer)(d)(beer)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)
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(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(beer)(d)(beer)(d)(^)(d)(^)(d)(party)(d)(party)(d)(party)(d)(party)(d)(beer)(d)(beer)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)
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(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(beer)(beer)(beer)(d)(^)(d)(^)(d)(party)(party)(party)(d)(party)(party)(party)(d)(d)(beer)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)
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(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(beer)(d)(beer)(d)(^)(^)(^)(d)(party)(d)(d)(d)(party)(d)(d)(d)(d)(beer)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)
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(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(beer)(d)(beer)(d)(^)(d)(^)(d)(party)(d)(d)(d)(party)(d)(d)(d)(d)(beer)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)
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(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)
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(d)(dance)(d)(d)(dance)(d)(party)(party)(party)(d)(*)(d)(*)(d)(*)(d)(d)(^)(d)(^)(d)(party)(party)(party)(d)(d)(h)(d)(d)(kiss)(kiss)(kiss)(d)
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(d)(dance)(dance)(d)(dance)(d)(party)(d)(d)(d)(*)(d)(*)(d)(*)(d)(d)(^)(d)(^)(d)(party)(d)(d)(d)(h)(d)(h)(d)(kiss)(d)(kiss)(d)
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(d)(dance) (dance) (dance)(d)(party)(party)(party)(d)(*)(d)(*)(d)(*)(d)(d)(d)(^)(d)(d)(party)(party)(party)(d)(h)(d)(h)(d)(kiss)(kiss)(kiss)(d)
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(d)(dance)(d)(dance)(dance)(d)(party)(d)(d)(d)(*)(d)(*)(d)(*)(d)(d)(d)(^)(d)(d)(party)(d)(d)(d)(h)(h)(h)(d)(kiss)(kiss)(d)(d)
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(d)(dance)(d)(d)(dance)(d)(party)(party)(party)(d)(d)(*)(d)(*)(d)(d)(d)(d)(^)(d)(d)(party)(party)(party)(d)(h)(d)(h)(d)(kiss)(d)(kiss)(d)
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(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)(d)
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</pre></code>
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The characters above are shortcuts for Skype emoticons.  If you were to copy paste them into the Skype chat box, you would get this:
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<br />
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<center>
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[[Image:SkypeArtHappyNewYear.gif|700px]]
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</center>
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Note that the amount of memory required to store the message in ASCII (starting with '(d)') is significantly long.  We'd like to improve the storage requirement for such a string, and compress it.  For this purpose, we can use ''run-length encoding'' to compress the string. 
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The ''run-length encoded'' version of the ''Happy New Year'' Skype Art written in assembly is given below:
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<br />
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<source lang="asm">
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art db 33, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 1, 10
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db 7, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 6, 'beer'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 6, 'beer'
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db 2, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, '^'
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db 2, 3, 'd'
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db 3, 7, 'party'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 3, 7, 'party'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 6, 'beer'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 6, 'beer'
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db 7, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 1, 10
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db 7, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 6, 'beer'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 6, 'beer'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, '^'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, '^'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 7, 'party'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 7, 'party'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 7, 'party'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 7, 'party'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 6, 'beer'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 6, 'beer'
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db 7, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 1, 10
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db 7, 3, 'd'
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db 3, 6, 'beer'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, '^'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, '^'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 3, 7, 'party'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 3, 7, 'party'
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db 2, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 6, 'beer'
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db 8, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 1, 10
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db 7, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 6, 'beer'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 6, 'beer'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 3, 3, '^'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 7, 'party'
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db 3, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 7, 'party'
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db 4, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 6, 'beer'
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db 8, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 1, 10
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db 7, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 6, 'beer'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 6, 'beer'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, '^'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, '^'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 7, 'party'
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db 3, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 7, 'party'
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db 4, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 6, 'beer'
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db 8, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 1, 10
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db 33, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 1, 10
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 7, 'dance'
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db 2, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 7, 'dance'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 3, 7, 'party'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, '*'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, '*'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, '*'
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db 2, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, '^'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, '^'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 3, 7, 'party'
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db 2, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, 'h'
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db 2, 3, 'd'
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db 3, 6, 'kiss'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 1, 10
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 2, 7, 'dance'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 7, 'dance'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 7, 'party'
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db 3, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, '*'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, '*'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, '*'
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db 2, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, '^'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, '^'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 7, 'party'
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db 3, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, 'h'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, 'h'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 6, 'kiss'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 6, 'kiss'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 1, 10
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 3, 7, 'dance'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 3, 7, 'party'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, '*'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, '*'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, '*'
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db 3, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, '^'
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db 2, 3, 'd'
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db 3, 7, 'party'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, 'h'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, 'h'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 3, 6, 'kiss'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 1, 10
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 7, 'dance'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 2, 7, 'dance'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 7, 'party'
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db 3, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, '*'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, '*'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, '*'
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db 3, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, '^'
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db 2, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 7, 'party'
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db 3, 3, 'd'
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db 3, 3, 'h'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 2, 6, 'kiss'
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db 2, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 1, 10
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 7, 'dance'
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db 2, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 7, 'dance'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 3, 7, 'party'
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db 2, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, '*'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, '*'
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db 4, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, '^'
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db 2, 3, 'd'
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db 3, 7, 'party'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, 'h'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 3, 'h'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 6, 'kiss'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 6, 'kiss'
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db 1, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 1, 10
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db 33, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 1, 10
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db 0
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</source>
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<br />
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Let's take the first few lines of this collection of bytes and decode it:
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<br />
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<source lang="asm">
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db 33, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 1, 10
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db 7, 3, 'd'
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db 1, 6, 'beer'
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</source>
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<br />
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The first line indicates that there are 33 emoticons of length 3, containing the letter 'd' inside.    In other words, 33 ''(d)'' emoticons.  Notice that we do not keep track of the parentheses since all emoticons have parentheses around them (except for one; stay tuned!).  Then we have 1 sequence of 1 character that is 10; that's a \n.  That one is the exception to the rule, and does not have parentheses around it.  Then we have 7 more '(d)', followed by one '(beer)' emoticon.  You should be able to understand the remainder of the series.  The series of emoticons is terminated by a 0-byte.
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We assume that the number of emoticons on one line and the length of an emoticon will always be less than 256.
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==Your assignment==
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Write a program that contains the array ''Art'' in its data section, and that reconstructs the original multiline collection of emoticons that can be directly pasted into Skype.  Your program will print the reconstructed string.
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==Requirements==
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* You may  use 231Lib.asm if you want.  Your output should be exactly the same as the text in the top box of this problem.
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* The Moodle test program will replace your '''Art''' array with a different, error free, string.  Do not write a program that simply outputs the expected result.  You will not be shown the actual string that will be fed to your program.
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==Misc. ==
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The run-length encoded version of the Skype art was created by a quickly hacked [[CSC231 Run-Length Encoding of Skype Art | Python program]].
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==Submission==
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Submit your program on Moodle. Call your program '''skypeArt.asm''', and submit it in the Final Exam, Problem 7 section.
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