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:
