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Conditional Loop Instructions

Example 1

The following code finds the first positive value in an array:


.386
.model flat, stdcall
.stack 4096
ExitProcess PROTO, dwExitCode: DWORD

.data
; define your variables here

array SWORD -3,-6,-1,-10,10,30,40,4


sentinel SWORD 0

.code

main PROC
; write your assembly code here

mov esi,OFFSET array


mov ecx,LENGTHOF array
next:
test WORD PTR [esi], 8000h ; test sign bit
pushfd ; push flags on stack
add esi, TYPE array
popfd ; pop flags from stack
loopnz next ; continue loop
jnz quit ; none found
sub esi, TYPE array ; ESI points to value
quit:

INVOKE ExitProcess, 0
main ENDP
END main

Example 2

Locate the first nonzero value in the array. If none is found, let ESI point to the sentinel value:
.data
array SWORD 50 DUP(?)
sentinel SWORD 0FFFFh
.code
mov esi,OFFSET array mov ecx,LENGTHOF array
L1: cmp WORD PTR [esi],0 ; check for zero
(fill in your code here)

quit:
Solution

.386
.model flat, stdcall
.stack 4096
ExitProcess PROTO, dwExitCode: DWORD

.data
; define your variables here

array SWORD 50 DUP(?)


sentinel SWORD 0FFFFh

.code

main PROC
; write your assembly code here

mov esi,OFFSET array


mov ecx,LENGTHOF array

L1: cmp WORD PTR [esi], 0 ; che


check for zero
pushfd ; push flags on stack
add esi,TYPE array
popfd ; pop flags from stack
loope L1 ; continue loop
jz quit ; none found
sub esi,TYPE array ; ESI points to value
quit:

INVOKE ExitProcess, 0
main ENDP
END main

Conditional Structures

Example 3

Assembly language programmers can easily translate logical statements written in C++/Java into
assembly language.

For example:

if( op1 == op2 )

X = 1;

else

X = 2;
Example 4

Implement the following pseudocode in assembly language. All values are unsigned:

(There are multiple correct solutions to this problem.)

Example 5

Implement the following pseudocode in assembly language. All values are 32


32-bit signed integers:

(There are multiple correct solutions to this problem.)

Example 5: Compound Expression with AND

if (al > bl) AND (bl > cl)


X = 1;

This is one possible implementation . . .


cmp al, bl ;first expression
ja L1
jmp next
L1:
cmp b1, c1 ;second expression
ja L2
jmp next

L2: ; both are true


Mov X, 1 ; set X to 1

But the following implementation uses 29% less code by reversing the first relational operator. We
allow the program to “fall
fall through" to the second expression:

if (al > bl) AND (bl > cl)


X = 1;

next:

Example 6:

Implement the following pseudocode in assembly language. All values are unsigned:
(There are multiple correct solutions to this problem.)

Example 7: Compound Expression with OR

Example 8: WHILE Loops

A WHILE loop is really an IF statement followed by the body of the loop, followed by an unconditional
jump to the top of the loop. Consider the following example:

while( eax < ebx)


eax = eax + 1;

next:
Example 9: Implement the following loop, using unsigned 32
32-bit integers:

while( ebx <= val1)


{
ebx = ebx + 5;
val1 = val1 - 1
}

next:

Example 10: IF statement nested in a loop


_while:

else:

_endwhile:

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