CS 401 Computer Architecture and Assembly Language

Programming
Assignment #02
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Objective
The assignment has been designed to enable you:

To know about logical shift instructions manipulations.

To know about the bitwise logical operations.
To know about the comparison and conditions

Answer the following questions

Q#1
Write a program in Assembly Language to find the maximum number and the minimum
number from an array of ten numbers.
Solution:
[org 0x0100]
jmp start
; unconditionally jump over data
array1:
min:
max:

dw 10, 5, 30, 4, 50, 1, 20, 6, 40, 8

dw 0
dw 0

start:
;---------------for finding minimum number
mov bx, 0
; initialize array index to zero
mov ax, 0
; initialize min to zero

top1:

mov ax, [array1+bx]

mov cx,10

; minimum number to ax

cmp ax, [array1+bx]

jle end1
mov ax,[array1+bx]

; are we find the minimum number

; if less or equal number
;ax contains the minimum number

end1:
add bx, 2
loop top1
mov [min], ax

; advance bx to next index

; write back minimum in memory

;----------------for maximum number

mov bx, 0
; initialize array index to zero
mov ax, 0
; initialize max to zero
mov ax, [array1+bx] ; maximum number to ax
mov cx,10
top2:

cmp ax, [array1+bx] ; are we find the maximum number

jge end2
; if greater or equal number
mov ax,[array1+bx] ;ax contains the maximum number

end2:
add bx, 2
loop top2
mov [max], ax
mov ax, 0x4c00
int 0x21

; advance bx to next index

; write back maximum number in memory
; terminate program

Q#2
Suppose AL contains 10011011b and CF= 0. Give the new contents of AL after each of
the following instructions is executed. Assume the preceding initial conditions for each
part of this question.
a. SHL AL,1
b. SHR AL, CL if CL contains 3

c. ROL AL ,1
d. SAR AL, CL if CL contains 3
e. RCR AL,CL if CL contains 2
Solution:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

AL=00110110
AL=00010011
AL=00110111
AL=11110011
AL=10100110

CF=1
CF=0
CF=1
CF=0
CF=1