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Lab Report On Adding A+b C Using Functions

The lab report demonstrates a MIPS assembly program that adds two numbers using functions without the jal instruction. It outlines the use of specific registers for parameters and the result, and explains how to manually manage the return address. Key points include the method of returning to the caller using jr $ra and the use of hard-coded parameters for the addition operation.

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Lab Report On Adding A+b C Using Functions

The lab report demonstrates a MIPS assembly program that adds two numbers using functions without the jal instruction. It outlines the use of specific registers for parameters and the result, and explains how to manually manage the return address. Key points include the method of returning to the caller using jr $ra and the use of hard-coded parameters for the addition operation.

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Lab Report on Adding a+b = c Using Functions

Mohamed Hiba

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Mar 19 ℎ

Below is a simple “no-<jal>” MIPS example that does

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using only the specified registers ($a0, $a1, $a2, $ra) and a manual return. In MARS , we normally cannot write directly to the PC
(e.g.\ addi $pc,$zero,$ra does not exist). Instead, one uses jr $ra to return.

Example Code

.text
main:
# 1) Put some hard-coded values into a0 and a1
addi $a0, $zero, 1 # a = 1
addi $a1, $zero, 2 # b = 2

# 2) Load the "return" address into $ra.


# This is where we want to come back *after* do_sum finishes.
la $ra, main_return

# 3) Jump to the function (do_sum).


# We are *not* allowed to use jal, so we just do j.
j do_sum

main_return:
# Now c = a+b is sitting in $a2.
li $v0, 1 # syscall code 1 = print integer
add $a0, $zero, $a2 # or move $a0, $a2
syscall
# Exit program
li $v0, 10
syscall

do_sum:
add $a2, $a0, $a1 # c = a+b
# Return to whatever address is in $ra. (return to the caller)
jr $ra

Key Points
1. Registers
$a0 holds parameter a
$a1 holds parameter b
$a2 is used for the result c
$ra is used for the “return address”
2. No jal Allowed
Normally, we would call a function with jal do_sum (which both jumps and sets $ra automatically). Since “no jal ” is
allowed, we had to:
Manually load $ra with the address where we want to return.
Use a plain j do_sum instead of jal do_sum .
3. Returning by jr $ra
Standard MIPS uses jr $ra to branch back to the address in $ra (jump regester to the address at $ra ) by that it returns
to the caller.

4. Hard-Coded Parameters
This example just uses constants ( addi $a0,$zero,1 and same with $a1 )
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