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Overview of Assembly Language
Chapter 4
S. Dandamudi
Outline
• Assembly language
statements
• Data allocation
• Where are the operands?
• Overview of assembly language
instructions
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 Addressing modes
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Register
Immediate
Direct
Indirect
• Defining constants
 EQU, %assign, %define
• Data transfer instructions
 mov, xchg, and xlat
 Ambiguous moves
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Arithmetic
Conditional
Iteration
Logical
Shift/Rotate
• Macros
• Illustrative examples
• Performance: When to use the
xlat instruction
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Overview of Assembly Instructions
• Pentium provides several types of instructions
• Brief overview of some basic instructions:
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Arithmetic instructions
Jump instructions
Loop instruction
Logical instructions
Shift instructions
Rotate instructions
• These sample instructions allows you to write
reasonable assembly language programs
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To be used with S. Dandamudi, “Introduction to Assembly Language Programming,” Second Edition, Springer, 2005.
Overview of Assembly Instructions (cont’d)
Arithmetic Instructions
INC and DEC instructions
 Format:
inc
destination
dec
destination
 Semantics:
destination = destination +/- 1
» destination can be 8-, 16-, or 32-bit operand, in memory
or register
No immediate operand
• Examples
inc
dec
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BX
[value]
; BX = BX+1
; value = value-1
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To be used with S. Dandamudi, “Introduction to Assembly Language Programming,” Second Edition, Springer, 2005.
Overview of Assembly Instructions (cont’d)
Arithmetic Instructions
ADD instruction
 Format:
add
destination,source
 Semantics:
destination = (destination)+(source)
• Examples
add
add
 inc
BX, AX
[value],10H
AX
is better than
add AX,1
– inc takes less space
– Both execute at about the same speed
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To be used with S. Dandamudi, “Introduction to Assembly Language Programming,” Second Edition, Springer, 2005.
Overview of Assembly Instructions (cont’d)
Arithmetic Instructions
SUB instruction
 Format:
sub
destination,source
 Semantics:
destination := (destination)-(source)
• Examples
sub
sub
 dec
BX, AX
[value],10H
AX
is better than
sub AX,1
– dec takes less space
– Both execute at about the same speed
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To be used with S. Dandamudi, “Introduction to Assembly Language Programming,” Second Edition, Springer, 2005.
Overview of Assembly Instructions (cont’d)
Arithmetic Instructions
CMP instruction
 Format:
cmp
destination,source
 Semantics:
(destination)-(source)
 destination and source are not altered
 Useful to test relationship (>, =) between two operands
 Used in conjunction with conditional jump instructions
for decision making purposes
• Examples
cmp
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BX, AX
cmp
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[count],100
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Overview of Assembly Instructions (cont’d)
Jump Instructions
Unconditional Jump
 Format:
jmp
label
 Semantics:
» Execution is transferred to the instruction identified by label
• Examples: Infinite loop
mov
inc_again:
inc
jmp
mov
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AX,1
AX
inc_again
BX, AX
; never executes this
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To be used with S. Dandamudi, “Introduction to Assembly Language Programming,” Second Edition, Springer, 2005.
Overview of Assembly Instructions (cont’d)
Jump Instructions
Conditional Jump
 Format:
j<cond>
label
 Semantics:
» Execution is transferred to the instruction identified by label
only if <cond> is met
• Examples: Testing for carriage return
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mov ah,1h
int 21h
cmp
AL,0DH ; 0DH = ASCII carriage return
je
CR_received
inc
CL
...
CR_received:
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Overview of Assembly Instructions (cont’d)
Jump Instructions
Conditional Jump
 Some conditional jump instructions
– Treats operands of the CMP instruction as signed numbers
je
jg
jl
jge
jle
jne
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jump
jump
jump
jump
jump
jump
if
if
if
if
if
if
equal
greater
less
greater or equal
less or equal
not equal
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Overview of Assembly Instructions (cont’d)
Jump Instructions
Conditional Jump
 Conditional jump instructions can also test values of the
individual flags
jz
jnz
jc
jnc
jump
jump
jump
jump
if
if
if
if
zero (i.e., if ZF = 1)
not zero (i.e., if ZF = 0)
carry (i.e., if CF = 1)
not carry (i.e., if CF = 0)
 jz is synonymous for je
 jnz is synonymous for jne
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Overview of Assembly Instructions (cont’d)
Loop Instruction
LOOP Instruction
 Format:
loop
target
 Semantics:
» Decrements CX and jumps to target if CX  0
– CX should be loaded with a loop count value
• Example: Executes loop body 50 times
mov
CX,50
repeat:
<loop body>
loop
repeat
...
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To be used with S. Dandamudi, “Introduction to Assembly Language Programming,” Second Edition, Springer, 2005.
Overview of Assembly Instructions (cont’d)
Loop Instruction
• The previous example is equivalent to
mov
CX,50
repeat:
<loop body>
dec
CX
jnz
repeat
...
 Surprisingly,
dec
jnz
CX
repeat
executes faster than
loop
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repeat
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To be used with S. Dandamudi, “Introduction to Assembly Language Programming,” Second Edition, Springer, 2005.
Assembly Programs (Example1)
;Assembly program to add 5 numbers and
;print the result on screen
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DOSSEG
OPTION SEGMENT: USE16
.MODEL SMALL
.DATA
numbers db 1,2,3,1,2
.CODE
START:
.startup
mov bx,offset numbers
mov cx,5
;initialize counter
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Assembly Programs (Example1)
mov
target:add
inc
dec
jnz
add
mov
int
mov
int
END
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dl,0
dl,[bx]
bx
cx
target
; jump if cx<>0
dl,'0'
ah,2h
;print the sum
21h
AX, 4C00h
21h
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Assembly Programs (Example2)
;Assembly program to continuous reading a
;character and print the next until
;read ‘*’.
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DOSSEG
OPTION SEGMENT: USE16
.MODEL SMALL
.CODE
START: .startup
target:mov ah,1
;read a character
int 21h
cmp al,'*'
je exit ;jump to exit if al==‘*’
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To be used with S. Dandamudi, “Introduction to Assembly Language Programming,” Second Edition, Springer, 2005.
Assembly Programs (Example2)
inc
mov
mov
int
mov
mov
int
mov
int
jmp
exit:mov
int
al
;find next character
dl,al
ah,2
;print next char
21h
dl,0dh ;print new line
ah,2
21h
dl,0ah
21h
target
;continuous loop
AX, 4C00h
21h
END
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To be used with S. Dandamudi, “Introduction to Assembly Language Programming,” Second Edition, Springer, 2005.
Assembly Programs (Example3)
;Assembly program to read numbers and
;print the sum if it is <=9
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DOSSEG
OPTION SEGMENT: USE16
.MODEL SMALL
.DATA
msg db 'Enter numbers:$',0dh,0ah
res db 0dh,0ah,'Sum =$'
sum db 0
.CODE
START: .startup
mov dx,offset msg
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To be used with S. Dandamudi, “Introduction to Assembly Language Programming,” Second Edition, Springer, 2005.
Assembly Programs (Example3)
mov ah,9h
;print msg text
int 21h
startloop:mov ah,1
;read a number
int 21h
sub al,'0' ; convert to hex
add sum,al ;add number to sum
cmp sum,9
;compare sum with 9
jl startloop;if sum<9 jump to
;startloop label
sub sum,al ;sub last number
;from sum
add sum,'0';convert to dec.
mov dx,offset res
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To be used with S. Dandamudi, “Introduction to Assembly Language Programming,” Second Edition, Springer, 2005.
Assembly Programs (Example3)
mov
int
mov
mov
int
mov
int
ah,9
;print text of res
21h
dl,sum
ah,2
;print sum
21h
AX, 4C00h
21h
END
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