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CS 271 Lecture #20: Another Array Example

This document discusses displaying arrays sequentially in assembly language. It provides two versions of a display procedure that loops through an array and prints out the elements. The first version uses register indirect addressing to access elements, while the second uses base-indexed addressing. The document also covers generating random numbers using the Irvine library procedures Randomize and RandomRange. It demonstrates how to get a random integer within a specified range using these procedures. Finally, it briefly mentions passing arrays by reference.

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CS 271 Lecture #20: Another Array Example

This document discusses displaying arrays sequentially in assembly language. It provides two versions of a display procedure that loops through an array and prints out the elements. The first version uses register indirect addressing to access elements, while the second uses base-indexed addressing. The document also covers generating random numbers using the Irvine library procedures Randomize and RandomRange. It demonstrates how to get a random integer within a specified range using these procedures. Finally, it briefly mentions passing arrays by reference.

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CS 271 Lecture #20

Another Array Example


Display an Array Sequentially

“Random” Numbers
Setup in calling procedure

.data
list DWORD 100 DUP(?)
count DWORD 0

.code
;...
;code to initialize list and count
;...
;set up parameters and call display
push OFFSET list ;@list
push count ;number of elements
call display
;...
Display: version 0.1 (register indirect)
display PROC
push ebp
mov ebp,esp
mov esi,[ebp+12] ;@list
mov ecx,[ebp+8] ;ecx is loop control
more:
mov eax,[esi] ;get current element
call WriteDec
call Crlf
add esi,4 ;next element
loop more
endMore:
pop ebp
ret 8
display ENDP
Display: version 0.2 (base-indexed)
display PROC
push ebp
mov ebp,esp
mov esi,[ebp+12] ;@list
mov ecx,[ebp+8] ;ecx is loop control
mov edx,0 ;edx is element “pointer”
more:
mov eax,[esi+edx] ;get current element
call WriteDec
call Crlf
add edx,4 ;next element
loop more
endMore:
pop ebp
ret 8
display ENDP
Random Numbers

• Irvine library has random integer generator


• "pseudo-random" numbers
• Randomize procedure
• Initializes sequence based on system clock (random
seed)
• Call once at the beginning of the program
• Without Randomize, program gets the same
sequence every time it is executed.
Limiting random values

• RandomRange procedure
• Accepts N > 0 in eax
• Returns random integer in [0 .. N-1] in eax
• To generate a random number in [lo .. hi]:
• Find number of integers possible in [lo .. hi] :
range = hi – lo +1
• Put range in eax, and call RandomRange
• Result in eax is in [0 .. range -1]
• Add lo to eax.
RandomRange Example

• Get a random integer in range [18 .. 31]

mov eax,hi ;31


sub eax,lo ;31-18 = 13
inc eax ;14
call RandomRange ;eax in [0..13]
add eax,lo ;eax in [18..31]
Passing arrays by reference

• See demo5.asm

• Do Programming Project #5
• OK to borrow code from these slides
• Always cite reference for borrowed code

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