Assignment No.
5 : Write an ALP to count numbers of positive and
negative numbers from the array.
section .data
prompt db "Enter the numbers (end with 0): ", 0
prompt_len equ $ - prompt
msg_pos db "Count of Positive numbers: ", 0
msg_pos_len equ $ - msg_pos
msg_neg db "Count of Negative numbers: ", 0
msg_neg_len equ $ - msg_neg
newline db 10, 0
buffer db 10 ; Buffer to hold each number input as a string
section .bss
pcount resb 1 ; Count of positive numbers
ncount resb 1 ; Count of negative numbers
num resb 1 ; Temp storage for each number character
input resb 1 ; Variable to hold individual number input
section .text
global _start
_start:
; Initialize counts
mov byte [pcount], 0
mov byte [ncount], 0
; Print prompt
mov rax, 1
mov rdi, 1 ; file descriptor: stdout
mov rsi, prompt ; pointer to prompt
mov rdx, prompt_len; length of prompt
syscall
input_loop:
; Read number input
mov rdi, input ; buffer for input
call read_input
movzx rax, byte [input] ; Load the number (ASCII)
; Check if input is '0' (end marker)
cmp al, '0'
je print_counts ; If user enters 0, exit loop
; Convert ASCII to signed integer
sub rax, '0' ; Convert from ASCII to integer
cmp rax, 0
js count_negative ; Jump if number is negative
inc byte [pcount] ; Increment positive count
jmp input_loop ; Continue input loop
count_negative:
inc byte [ncount] ; Increment negative count
jmp input_loop ; Continue input loop
print_counts:
; Print count of positive numbers
mov rax, 1
mov rdi, 1
mov rsi, msg_pos
mov rdx, msg_pos_len
syscall
; Print positive count
mov al, [pcount] ; Get the positive count
call print_num ; Print positive count
; Print newline
mov rax, 1
mov rdi, 1
mov rsi, newline
mov rdx, 1
syscall
; Print count of negative numbers
mov rax, 1
mov rdi, 1
mov rsi, msg_neg
mov rdx, msg_neg_len
syscall
; Print negative count
mov al, [ncount] ; Get the negative count
call print_num ; Print negative count
; Exit the program
mov rax, 60 ; syscall: exit
xor rdi, rdi ; exit code 0
syscall
; Function to read user input
read_input:
; Reading input from stdin
mov rax, 0 ; syscall: sys_read
mov rdi, 0 ; file descriptor: stdin
mov rsi, input ; buffer for input
mov rdx, 10 ; maximum number of bytes to read
syscall
; Null-terminate the string for safety
mov byte [rsi + rax - 1], 0
ret
; Function to print a single digit number in AL to stdout
print_num:
; If number is 0, print '0'
cmp al, 0
je .print_zero
; Convert to ASCII and print
add al, '0' ; Convert number to ASCII
mov [num], al ; Store digit
mov rax, 1
mov rdi, 1
mov rsi, num
mov rdx, 1
syscall
ret
.print_zero:
; Print '0' directly
mov byte [num], '0'
mov rax, 1
mov rdi, 1
mov rsi, num
mov rdx, 1
syscall
Ret
Output :
